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It clear time lines for Preliminary enquire and investigation and trial towards the end.
The bills provide for setting up of special core.
The Lok Sabha passed the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill. The Lokpal bill consist of following things: 28.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved proposal of Axis bank for increase in foreign investment from 49
percent to 62 percent.
29.
The central Government has appointed Arun Tiwari as chairman and Managing director of Union Bank of India. 30.
National Development Day was celebrated on the 89th birthday of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 31.
S Jayashankar is the new Ambassador to the US after the case of Devyani Khobragade. 32.
The Election Commission of India recognized Aam Admi Party as a state party and reserved symbol of Broom in Delhi on 19
December 2013.
33.
Macau 'most searched travel destination' by Google India users in 2013. 34.
The Rann Utsav the cultural festival of Gujrat state was inaugurated by Gujrat Tourism minister Saurabh patel at Kutch Gujrat. 35.
36.Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today released a postage stamp of former Chief Minister of Punjab ,Sardar Beant Singh. After
releasing the stamp in New Delhi
2200 J& K students are trained under 'Project Udaan'. 37.
38.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved implementation of various schemes related to agricul ture,
including continuation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), in the 12th Plan with a combined outlay of over Rs 80,000 crore.
French auto firm Renault SA signed a deal to joint venture plant costing 7.76 billion produce cars in the central Chinese province of
Hubei.
39.
CCI(Competition Commission of India) on Monday approved Walmart's proposal to acquire Bharati Group nearly 50 percent stake in
their Indian wholesale stores joint venture.
40.
41.The country's fair trade regulator has imposed a penalty of Rs 1,773 crore on Coal India for abusing its dominant position.
42.Insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to stop selling as many as 34 policies, including Jeevan Anand, Jeevan
Madhur and Jeevan Saral, to comply with new regulatory guidelines.
43.Indian Bank and Apollo Hospitals have launched a health card that will enable select customers of the bank get a discount on the
hospitals services and products.
44.The Supreme Court has favoured punishment of life imprisonment to people indulging in production and marketing of adulterated
milk and has asked the state governments to make amendment in laws.
45.India will open their Men's Hero Hockey Junior World Cup 2013 campaign against Netherlands starting in New Delhi today.
46.The Department of Posts has launched Express Parcel and Business Parcel Service in 20 cities at a function in New Delhi on Monday.
47.Huffington Post World publication report on 2nd Dec 2013 calming that Sonia Gandhi is richer than Virtains Queen Elizabet h and
Syria President Bashar al-Asad in the 12th richest political leader in the world.
Article 370 was all about to give special status to J & K. 48.
Prithvi-II missile a surface to surface missile a strike range of 350KM from a test range at Chandipur Odisha. 49.
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Prithvi-II missile a surface to surface missile a strike range of 350KM from a test range at Chandipur Odisha. 49.
50.The Supreme Court on set a deadline of 31st march 2014 for all states and union Territories to frame rules to regulate sal e of acid and
notify them accordingly.
Snehalata Shrivastava the Additional Secretary Finance inaugurated in the SBI GPO premises. BMB first branch in MP inaugurated in
Indore.
51.
National Green Tribunal banned dumping of debris including construction material into Yamuna. 52.
Appolo Tyres launched its Premium European brand Vredestein to cater to high-end cars and SUV's in India. 53.
Infosys announce the launch of Trade Edge an insight driven platform which would provide visibility to global brand across the
demand chain from distributors to consumer.
54.
Criteria for a political party to recognize as 'State Party' to automatically become national party should be 4. 55.
'Netra' the defence ministry internet spy launched by Government of India which is capable of detecting words like 'attack' , 'bomb'
'blast' or kill in a matter of seconds from reams of tweets, status update, emails, internet calls etc.
56.
Aligarh Muslim University inaugurate 37th Indian Social Science Congress 2013 at UP. 57.
"e-inclusion" the project initiated by The Union Government to make people e-literate. 58.
P Pradeep Kumar is the Managing Director of SBI. The biggest lender in the country. 59.
UP is the biggest exporter of the Buffalo meat from the country. 60.
"Tusukheniye","BISHU" "Moatsu" & "Tuluni" are important festivals celebrated by Nagaland. 61.
Encephalitis has claimed many lives in UP. Encephalitis is an acute Inflammation of the BRAIN. 62.
India is preparing for the maiden test firing of its submarine launch of longest range and nuclear capable ballistic missile code named
K-4 from an underwater platform off Vizag coast. The missile files in hypersonic speed and is the world's best weapon in class. K-4
has an effective range of 3500km.
63.
64.Reliance Power has started pre-commissioning activities for its Concentrated Solar Power
project in Rajasthan, Jaisamler district. project is the worlds largest CSP project based on CLFR technology. The 100 MW CSP plant is
being built at a cost of Rs 2,100 crores.
'Operation Olive' by coast guards is conducted as An annual mission to ensure safety of breeding Olive Ridley sea turtles. 65.
66.To reduce energy consumption in industries. The Perform Achieve Trade (PAT)is a trading scheme aimed to
reduce energy consumption in industries across India using market oriented mechanisms. The scheme is being designed and
implemented by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the ministry of power,
67.The Sagar Power Plant is the 2000 MW at Bengals Nayachar Island on the Hoogly River. The Sagar Super Thermal Project, estimated
to be worth Rs 8,600 crore, is struck because of the ministry of environment has not given its clearance.
68.According to existing law, five communities Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians are notified as minority
communities but not Jainism.
69.Rajasthan has the highest proportion of homeless and had the least success in reducing the proportion of homeless persons along
70.There are three objectives of NREGA(National Rural Employment Guarantee Act -2005) . First to provide wage employment, second is
to create durable community assets and third to empower grama panchayats.
71.Tat Group is generally known as Salt-to-Conglomerate.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) of India was set up on the basis of the recommendation made by Naresh Chandra
Committee
72.
73.The Sankirtana a famous tradition of ritual singing, drumming and dancing which is set to be declared intangible cultural heritage
of humanity is practiced mainly in Manipur state.
74.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal to undertake scientific deep in the Koyna intra-plate seismic zone,
in Maharashtra. The total cost of the project is around Rs.470 crore for five years. The proposed investigation in Koyna regi on will
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in Maharashtra. The total cost of the project is around Rs.470 crore for five years. The proposed investigation in Koyna regi on will
provide a unique opportunity to better understand the mechanism of reservoir-triggered earthquakes, developing a forecast model and
assessing earthquake hazard in a stable continental region.
75.The controversial 300-MW Lakhwar hydroelectric power project is related to Uttarakhand.
76.The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India contains the provisions regarding: Union, State and Concurrent Lists
Melghat and Tadoba-Andhari Tiger reserves are located in Maharashtra. 77.
78.The Rural Ministry has launched a Kaam Mango Abhiyan which seeks to increase awareness around the entitlements of MGNREGA
(Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
Vijay Kelkar Committed has been constituted to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas so as to reduce
the nations import dependency by 2030?
79.
With reference to Operation Blue Virus is An undercover investigation by Cobrapost 1.
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The bill which was passed to create Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh was 'The Andra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill,2013' 1.
Darmar Murguesan was the Chief Justice of Delhi High court will be the next chairman of the Karnataka State Human Right
Commission (KSHRC).
2.
Bihar Government announced new surrender and rehabilitation policy for Maoists. 3.
Sugarcane Control board was set up by Maharashtra. 4.
ESMA(Essential Service Maintenance ) Bill was passed by Karnataka. 5.
ffAmbassador Ahmet Uzumcu on 4 December 2013 was re-appointed as the OPCW Director General at the 18th Session of the Conference of State Parties. 6.
7.The Karnataka state assembly passed the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance (ESMA) Bill 2013
Maharaja Commission was organised to resolve border dispute between the Karnataka and Maharashtra. 8.
9.Jallikattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day.
10.Yashsvini is a health insurance scheme for the members of the cooperative bodies in Karnataka.
11.. The Aranumala International Airport is an airport project planned to be built in Kerala State.
12.The Tirumayam Fort popular for its architectural beauty of rock-cut temples is located in Tamil Nadu.
Karnataka At present, has largest number products protected by the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. 13.
14.
The Panch Prayag the five sacred river confluence is in the state of Uttarakhand. The five
prayags are Vishnu Prayag, Nand Prayag, Karn Prayag, Rudra Prayag and Dev Prayag.
15.
The Sonepur Cattle Fair Asias largest cattle fair has been kicked
off, recently in Bihar.
State
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Trans-Mars-Injection is the maneuver used in the Mars orbiter mission 'Mangalayaan'. It moved to out of Earths Sphere on
1st December 2013 for its 300 days journey to the red planet covering distance of 680 million kilometer.
1.
China's lunar mission launched was 'Change e-3. It was the first attempt by china for Soft landing, It carried the unmanned
remotely piloted spacecraft . The lunar rover that landed on moon was named as Jade Rabbit(called Yutu in Chinese).
2.
Mig-21FL(Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21) the first supersonic aircraft of the IAF is decommissioned from the service on 11th
December 2013 at Air force station in Kalaikunda West Bengal.
3.
National Institute of Immunohematology(NIIH) and Indian Council for Medical Research(ICMR) has launched low cost Sickel
cell diagnostic kit.
4.
Saab, the Swedish manufacturer won a 4.5 billion dollar contract to supply 36 Gripen NG fighter jets to - Brazil by 2020 5.
Space X rockets Successfully launches its First Commercial Satellite. 6.
Greece test Russian made S-300 Missile system for First Time 7.
Iran sent second monkey in space for second time named 'Fargam'. The first rocket carrying a monkey named Pishgam in the
space was launched by Iran.
8.
First human artificial heart was implanted in Paris (France). It was designed by Carmat and developed by Dutch Based
European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company (EADS).
9.
Raman Singh the sworn in as Chhattisgarh CM for Third Consecutive Term. 10.
11. Harsh Bhanwal the new NABARD Chairman.
Arup Raha is the 24th IAF chief succeeding Air Chief marshal N.A.K. Browne. 12.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela Died. 13.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who served 27 years in prison for anti-apartheid activities and led his
continent into a new era, has died in Johannesburg on 5 December. He was 95 years old. He was also known as Madiba
in South Africa.He was the first black South African to hold the office of President from 1994 to 1999, and the first elected
in a fully representative multiracial election. He was born on 1918 in Eastern Cape. He joined the African National
Congress in 1943. In 1962, he was arrested and was convicted of incitement and leaving country without a passport. He
was sentenced to five years in prison. In 1964, he was charged with sabotage, sentenced to life. He was freed from the
prison in 1990 .In 1999, he stepped down as leader.Mandela has received more than two hundred and fifty awards over
four decades.He was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.In 1990 he was conferred with the Bharat Ratna.He was
the recipient of Mahatma Gandhi peace award in 2001.
Agni III is a surface to surface missile which was successfully test fired by India. 13.
National E-governance award was won by Computer Society of India for implementing project called 'Lakshya' which
aimed at improving LPG Distribution.
14.
India is expected to become the third largest aviation market by in the world 2020 after US and China which was said by
Civil Aviation Secretary KN Shrivastava.
15.
Tejas India's Light Combat Aircraft(LAC) got initial Operational Clearance (IOC-II) by Defence minister A.K.Antony and it
was handed over to Indian Air Force chief NAK Browne.
16.
Alstom got the 125 million euro contract from BHEL for Neyveli New Thermal Power Project. 17.
Europe is about launch Gaia Satellite one of the most ambitious Space mission history. The aim of the mission is to study
our Milky way galaxy. The European Space Agency satellite is being sent up on Soyuz Rocket.
18.
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our Milky way galaxy. The European Space Agency satellite is being sent up on Soyuz Rocket.
19.Yahoo has acquired content delivery network provider Peer CDN in a bid to resolve its mail issues.
20.China's first lunar rover named Jade Rabbit landed on Moon.
21.India today successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range at Chandipur in
Odisha as part of a user trial by defence forces.
22.Social networking giant Facebook is in talks to acquire Bangalore-based product start-up Little Eye Labs.
Amazon chief showed the plan of deliver goods by the unmanned drone. The name given to it is Prime Air. 23.
Apple has acquired 'Topsy' social media search and analytics start-up in $200 million, a business that specialises in
analysing social media including Twitter to provide into sentiment on a variety of topics.
24.
Google acquires robot making company Boston dynamics which had previously been contracted by the U.S. military. 25.
'Pinaka' a MBRL (Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher) successfully test fired by India at Chandipur on sea of Balasor off the
Odisha Cost.
26.
'Bolivia' launched the country's first telecommunication satellite Tupak katari named on National hero who fought on 18th
Century.
27.
Guardian the new safely application that enables friends and family of Windows phone user to track them in real time in
Hyderabad .
28.
BeiDou is the navigation system developed by china, It's an navigation system as an alternative to the American Global
Positioning System(GPS) and Russian GLONASS.
29.
Oxford Scientists recently developed a noel New Malaria Vaccine which can protect against deadly mosquito borne disease. 30.
31.Yelloknife bay is located on Mars. NASA's Curiosity drilled out two rocks from the samples.
32.Ocean Acidification is the process of decrease in the pH of the Earths Oceans, caused by uptake of carbon dioxide from the
33.The Hubble Space Telescope has detected the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting from the icy surface of one of
Jupiters moon Europa. After this findings Europa would be the second moon in the solar system to have water vapour plumes.
Scientist has already determined that an ocean
34.Tejas is Indias first indigenously developed light combat aircraft. Recently it has achieved a milestone by launching an
infrared seeking air to air missile that hit the target in a direct hit with precision and destroyed the target.
The Swarm Mission, which aims to study the Earths magnetic field is proposed to be launched 35.
By European Space Agency.
36. The Dhanush missile is a naval variant of Indias indigenously developed prithvi missile.Dhanush is a variant of the
surface-to-surface Prithvi II missile, which has been developed for the Indian Navy. It is capable of carrying both conventional
as well as nuclear warheads with pay-load capacity of 500 kg and can strike targets in the range of 350 km.
37.What does T stands for in TAPI, the proposed natural gas pipeline being developed Asian Development Bank-
Ans:Turkmenistan
The TAPI or Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline is a proposed natural gas
pipeline being developed Asian Development Bank. Expected to be completed around 2017, the pipeline
will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to
India.
The United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently issued a warning about the nitrous 38.
oxide, which is now biggest threat to the ozone layer. Agriculture e biggest human
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oxide, which is now biggest threat to the ozone layer. Agriculture e biggest human
activity, that causes maximum nitrous oxide emission.
39.The worlds first green helicopter which is noiseless and emission-free has been successfully
tested in Germany. The two-seat prototype of the Volocopter, by the company e-volo, made its
maiden voyage on November 17 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Volocopter is an environmentally friendly
and emission-free private helicopter.
Tianhe-2 is the super computers has recently retained its place at the top of a list of the 40.
worlds most powerful systems.
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India welcomed the inking of first disarmament treaty at the Biological Weapons convention in Geneva. 1.
Bramhmaputra Cruises among world top 10 Adventurous Cruises named by CNN International. 2.
10 Universities in Developing Nations top 100 list. 3.
India 2nd largest supplier of overseas students to Australia and China is 1st. 4.
Mauritius and India agree to limitation of benefits clause in Revised Tax Treaty. 5.
India and Nepal agreed to check illegal border trade. 6.
India signed Rs 4000 crore deal with US for procuring 6 more C-130 J Super Hercules special operation aircraft for the IAF. 7.
Election commission sign MOU with Yemen. 8.
India and Pakistan will sign a initial deal for import of electricity from India to Pakistan. 9.
10.India and Macedonia have signed a new double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) that provides for among other things
exchange of banking information for tax administration purposes.
India and Arab League inked an MoU to elevate the political, trade and cultural relations. 11.
Tiger Air (Singapore) airline and Spice jet partnered and entered into three year agreement. 12.
Indian scientists achieved the feet an insulin pill for diabetics. 13.
Odisha Government on 20 Dec 2013 was felicitated by United Nations agency for effectively handeling the Cyclone Phalin
in October 2013.
14.
The Sahara Q, The FMCG and retail business of the Sahara Group intends to set up 1900 shops in Tamil Nadu by 2016. The
name of the shop by Sahara Group is 'Q Shops'.
15.
AAI(Airport Authority of India) has received TRAINAR PLUS accreditation certificate and membership by the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The Head Quarter of UN is Montreal Canada.
16.
17.China is now the top country of last residence for immigration to the UK for the first time. India
moved down to second place .
18.. According to the International Labour Organisation, out of 131 countries Norway has highest work participation rates for
women. India has ranked 11th from the bottom in female labour force participation.
19.As per the study of Ipsos Economic Pulse of the world, India is the 7th economically confident country in the world. Ipsos is
the global research firm. India
20.Air Asia has given the name as the worlds leading low cost airline at the World Travel Awards 2013. In the travel industry
value of this award equal to Oscars.
21.India and Sri Lanka have agreed to slew of naval cooperation measures to target pirates and terrorist groups operating in the
Indian Ocean.
22.The Akhaura is the first multi-purpose integrated check post (ICP)along the India and Bangladesh.
23.The Government of India has planned to erect a security wall (similar to Berlin wall) along the borders of Pakistan Country.
24.India entered the golden jubilee of the launch of its first rocket from the coastal hamlet of
Thumba. The American-built rocket was fired on November 1, 1963. The launch site in due course came
to be known as Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station and later became Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre, a major centre of ISRO named after pioneer of Indian space Vikram Sarabhai.25.
25.ArcelorMittal is the largest steel production company in the world. Worlds top four steel producing countries are China,
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25.ArcelorMittal is the largest steel production company in the world. Worlds top four steel producing countries are China,
Japan, US and India.
26.India and Russia decided to hold their first-ever joint air combat exercise in the Peter the Great Bay-the largest gulf of the
Sea of Japan adjoining Russias cost next year.
46th is the Indias ranking at the first ever Environment and Gender Index (EGI) launched at a side 27.
event of the Conference of Parties (COP19), recently
28.
The CityNext an initiative to leverage technology for sustainable growth of cities in India is being
launched by Microsoft.
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8th Asia Specific Gas partnership summit held in New Delhi. 1.
2.International Conference on the Great Lake Region is an intergovernmental organisation of African Countries in the African Great
Lakes .
3. In recent times, the Trade Facilitation Package (TFP) was making news with reference to WTO. The 159 members of the World
Trade Organization have recently struck a deal called Trade Facilitation Package that is expected to give the global economy a $1
trillion boost
Conference
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CIBIL(Credit Information Bureau India Ltd) has announced plans to set up MFI (Micro Finance Institution) Credit Information
Bureau.
1.
G-33 is a group of developing countries that co-ordinate on trade and economic issues. Just name suggests G -33 but there
are 46 countries into it. Ministerial Conference of the WTO was held at Bali(Indonesia) , India on 4th Dec 2013.
2.
The Standing Committee of Finance headed by Yashawant Sinha gave suggestion to the Union Government and RBI that to
desist(Stop) from giving new bank license to Industrial Houses.
3.
HDFC bank joined hands with NPCIL(National Payments Corporation of India) to introduce eKYC(electronic Know Your
Customer).
4.
35.5% is the ratio of top 30 NPAs(Non-Performing Assets ) in respect of Public Sector Banks. 5.
Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Named Worlds Wealthiest Bachelor. 6.
Health Insurance Premium predicted that by 2016-17 premium to cross 32K crore. 7.
Indian Oil Corporation tops Fortune India 500 list 8.
India is termed as most optimistic about growth prospects. 9.
The Union cabinet approved a pension proposal of 43,000 MTNL employee who joined PSU from department of Telecom. 10.
Nepal and India agree to 1000 and 500 Indian note circulation among Nepal Territory. 11.
12.Reserve Bank of India extended the timeline for banks till March 31 next year to adopt the new messaging standards in Real-
time Gross Settlement, RTGS payment platform. A new RTGS system was put in place in October this year, requiring banks to
adopt ISO 20022 standard messaging formats.
RBI has tightned the norm for credit card holders and also given time of 90 days to pay the amount. 13.
UN lowered the Indian Economic Growth 4.8% in 2013, 5.3% in 2014 and 5.7 percent in 2015. 14.
15.The Reserve Bank of India will soon introduce cash-settled interest rate futures on 10-year government bonds and has also permitted exchanges to launch
these derivatives in other smaller tenure securities in the future.
16.India is the seventh most economically confident country in the world, says a study by global research firm Ipsos.
17.The Reserve Bank of India has granted a registration certificate to Cheraman Financial Services Ltd to carry out the business of a non-banking finance
company without accepting public deposits.
India's central bank surprised markets by leaving its key rending rate unchanged on Wednesday. The rate is 7.75%. 18.
Trade Edge which provide visibility to global brands across the demand chain from distributors to consumers and this
software was launched by Infosys.
19.
20.According to Annual list of Forbes 500 in India, IOC has emerged as biggest company in terms of Annual revenue followed
by Reliance.
21.As per the RBI guidelines Public Sector Banks has to give loans to women SHGs at the interest rate of 7 percent.
22. In Banking system, an account is designated as inoperative if it is not used for more than 2 years.
The Cephalic Index is the term used for Head. 23.
The Cephalic index or cranial index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head of an organism
multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length. Today it is mainly widely used to describe individuals
appearances and for estimating the age of foetuses for legal and obstetrical reasons
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appearances and for estimating the age of foetuses for legal and obstetrical reasons
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ICC - International Cricket Council
DSIM - Department of Statistics and Information Management
EBT - Electronic Benefit Transfer
IIFCL - India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited
IPCC - Inter-Govermental Panel on Climate Change
NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India
SIDBI - Small Industries Development Bank of India
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
DGMO: Director General Military Operations 1.
Abbrevation
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Armed Forces Flag Day was observed on 7th Dec 2013. 1.
Human Rights Day was observed across the world on 10 December 2013 to bring to light the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights with a theme - 20 Years Working for Your Rights
1.
18th December 2013 is International Migrants day. 3.
International Anticorruption day on 9th December. 4.
International Civil Aviation day December 7. 5.
International Volunteer day December 5. Theme is Young.Global.Active. 6.
Worlds AIDS day was observed on 1st December. Theme name is Getting to zero. 7.
Kisan diwas was observed on 23rd December 2013 to celebrate birthday of Chaudari Charan Singh. 8.
International Migrants day was observed on 18th Dec 2013. 9.
UN Designates the 31st October as the World Cities Day. 10.
11 The International Day of Person with disabilities is marked on 3rd December and theme is Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive
society and development for all'.
International Day for abolition of slavery is being observed on 2nd December. 12.
National Consumer Right day observed on 24th Dec 2013. It was brought in the year 1986. 13.
Important Days
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Books and Authors
1.Indian vice president Hameed ansari inagurated book 'Indian Nuclear Energy Progamme written by Prof
R.Rajaraman.
2. The Autobiography of the V.K.Singh was published the name of the book was 'Courage and Conviction'
3. Tinkle magzine completed the stable of Amar Chitra Katha(ACK) completed 33 years.
4.Unbreakable is the autobiography of Mary Kom.
Ruby Jubliee was released by Mallikarjun Kharge. 5.
Mohammed hammed ansari inaugurated the Fourth Biennial Conference of Asian Society of International Law. 6.
Birth of Cinema written by N.Gopal Krishna was released by T.Udayawarluon at ICFFI media centre. 7.
The Vice president of India released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Quan-Dr. A. R. Kidwai edited by Mufti Ataur
Rahman-Ansari.
8.
9. Momentous Time the book inaugurated by Vice President on 175 years of Times of India function in Delhi.
10. Francis Bacon's three paneled painting "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" became the most expensive work of
art ever sold at auction, it sold for 142.4 million at christie's.
11.James Mcbride wins US National Book Award 2013 the book name was "The Good Lord Bird"
Jumpha lahari wrote the book "The Lowland" 12.
13. The world's most expensive printed book the translational of Biblical psalms "The Bay Psalm Book" printed
by puritan Settlers in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
14. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions' was released by APJ Abdul Kalam
SPORTS & GAMES
1. Hockey world cup 2014 men and women was played at the huges netherland.
2. Hockey world cup 2018 men will be played in India.
3. Hockey work cup 2018 women will be played in England.
4. Australia beat Netherland (6-1)in the men hockey world cup 2014 and vice versa in case of women hockey.
5. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Paris master Title against David Ferrer of spain.
6. Yuki Bhambriu won ATP mens single title of Taralgon even in Australia after defeating Bradely Klahn.
7. Heena Sindhu won the Pistol Gold in World cup shooting.
8. Anandan is world chess champion 5 times.
9.ATP World Tour Finals was won by Novak DjoKovic Of Serbia by defating Rafel Nadal of Spain.
10.16 th November 2013 is the last day of Sachins international cricket carrier. Indian defeated westindies by
126 runs and made series 2-0 at Mumbai.Sachin scored 74 runs in last innings and bowled just 2 overs. Last bowl
he deliverd to Shane Shillingford. Sachin played cricket for 24 years 1 day. He started his international Carrier
on 15th November 1989 in a Test match against Pakistan.
11. 200 Tests, 329 innings, 15,921 runs, 51 centuries, 68 fifties, Top Score 248 Not Out, Wickets Taken 46,
Batting Average 53.78, Bowling Average 54.00. His ODI record is as follows 463 ODIs, 18,426 Runs, 49
centuries, 96 fifties, Top Score 200 Not Out, Wickets Taken 154, Batting average 44.83, Bowling Average 44.48)
12. Sachin Tendulkar was ranked 18th in the ICC Player Rankings of Test batsman after he ended his record
breaking 200 test carrer was on 16 the November 2013. 1st. Abedevillers. Dale styen in bowling side.
13. Sebastian Vettle became the first driver in F1 history to win eight consecutive victories in a single season.
He is 4 time formula one world champion.
14. The Czech Republic won the Davis cup title.
15. Male Athletes of the year 2013 is Usian Bolt(Who won 100 meter race in World Atheltic Championship 2013)
and He equaled the world record of 8 goals at 2013 World Athletic Championship. and Female Athlete of the
year 2013 is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
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year 2013 is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
16. Youngest Chess world champion name Is Garry Kasparov of the Soviet Union.
17. Magnus Carlsen of Norway defeated world chess champion anand and became the second youngest world
chess champion at chennai.
18. Virat kholi equalled the record of the VV richardson of scoring 5000 runs in 114 innings.
19. Ramandeep Singh was the most expensive player of the Hockey India League.
20.Subroto Cup Football was won by manipur
21.Bayern Munich won UEFA Super cup 2013.
22.Andy Murry Wimbeldon Men single 2013. and Women single was won by Marion Bartoli
23. Aisa Cup Hockey 2013 was won by South Korea
24.Mumbai Indians won the Champion League t20,2013
25.Mohammaden Sporting club wins the Durand Cup 2013 after 73 years.
V.Bhaskaran is the coach of the Senior men hockey team. He was the gold medalist 26.
2016 Olympic will be may be played in 2016 in Brazil(Rio de Janerio). 27.
28.Ireland and Afghanistan qualified for ICC twenty20 world cup 2014.
29.British Paralympic Powerlifter Ali Jawad won gold at Asian Open Championship
Deepak Lathore won Gold and two silver medals in Boys 50kg category of CommonWealth Weight Lifting
Championship
30.
ICC T20 world cup 2014 will be held at Bangaldesh and NEPAL and UAE qualified for it 31.
Nigeria became the first african country to qualify for next year's world cup finals after 2-0 home win over
Ethopia in their playoff in Calabar on Satruday.
32.
As per the latest ICC ranking Virat Kholi has become the third indian batsman to hold number one batting
rank in ODI cricket after Sachya and Dhoni
33.
Indian Women hockey team bags silver in Asian Championship Trophy. And Indian men hockey team finished
at 3rd position Asian Championship trophy 2013 held at Japan.
34.
AIFF(All India Football Federation) General Secretary is Kushal Das. 35.
Harshwanti Bisht selected for sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy medal 2013 36.
Rafel Nadal won the Rogers cup 2013. 37.
Awards and Honors
1. Martha Dodray of bihar gets the UN award for polio work .
2. Rahul Jinda of indian origin won the presitigious US Award for Outstanding american by Choice.
3. RGIA(Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) in hyderabad won the Best Cargo airport award.
4. Rajesh s Gokhale won the Infosys prize 2013.
5.CNR Rao (Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao) and Sachin Tendular got the Bharata Ratna award.
6. CNR Rao got this award for his outstanding role in solid-state and structural chemsitry. He was third scientist
to get this award before him APJ Kalam and CV Raman had recived the award. CNR Rao is the 3rd kannadiga to
get the award before him Sir M vishweshwaray and Bhimsen joshi had recieved it. He also elected as honary
foreign member of Chinese Academy of Science.
7. Sachin Tendulakar is the youngest recipient of the Bharata Ratna Award and also the first person in sports to
get this award.
8. Angela Merkel of Europe won the Indira Gandhi prize for peace,Disarment and Development. She is the first
lady chacellor of Germanay.
9.Eleanor Catton wins manner book prize 2013 for The Luminaries. He belongs to NewZeland.
10.PV Sindhu won the bronze medal at world Badminton Championship 2013.
11. Nelson Mandola won the Mahathir Award for Global Peace in Aug 2013.
12. Malala Yousafzai won the European Union Sakhorva Humar Rights Prize in Sept 2014.
13.Rafel nadal won the US open Mens single final 2013.
14. First Yash chopra memorial award was won by Lata Mangeshwar.
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14. First Yash chopra memorial award was won by Lata Mangeshwar.
15.Anjali Gopalan won the French Award Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in October.
16. Miss Asia Specific 2013 was won by Shruthi Rana of Hariyana
Lord Swaraj paul got International Indian of the Decade Award for his Achievements in the field of
industry,education and philanthropy.
17.
Inagural Centernay award was won by Waheeda Rehman. 18.
President Pranab Mukharjee gave Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Best University award to
Mangalore University.
19.
20.Kauwboy directed by Koole Boudewijin won the Golden Elephant award for best film in 'International Live
Action' category in International Children Film Festival.
Salman Rushdie, Mira Nair and Majula Bansal were honored by IAAC(Indo-American Arts Council) 21.
22.Malala Yousafzai ,Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan were choosen for GG2 Hammer Award for bravery and
Malala topped the list at GG2 Leadership Awards.
Priti Patel won the Asian Trade Editors award. 23.
India won silver medal at 3rd Women's Asia Championship Trophy . And hockey team finished at 5th place 24.
25.Mohammed Siddikaur of Bangladesh won 50th editor of Indian Open Golf Tournament
Jason Day, Australian Golfer won the Golf World Cup at Melbourne club Australia. 26.
Sebastian Vettel US grand Prix award for record 8th successive victory. 27.
Mushirul Hasan The voice chancellor of Jamia Millia conferred with Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship by
Jawaharlal memorial fund.
28.
GAIL (India) Limited Chairman and Managing Director, Shri B C Tripathi, has been conferred the prestigious
Best LNG Executive Global Award for 2013 at CWCs 14th World LNG Summit being held at Paris.
29.
30.Gurbax Singh Sandhu is the National Coach of men's Indian Boxing team till 2016 in Rio De Janerio.
Shiraz Naval Minwalla won New horizions in physics prize 2014 31.
SPMCIL (Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited) A PSU under Ministry of Finance
conferred with Engineering Excellence award 2013
32.
N.Sriram Balaji wins ITF Future Title over Korean Jung-Woong Na in Bhopal. 33.
GN Rao honored with Outstanding Humanitarian Service award, he had also got the award 'International
Prevention of Blindness Award".
34.
Kush kumar Indian squash player won gold in the Asian Youth games held in Nanjing,China 35.
Marion Bartoli from France who has won Wimbledon women's single title in 2013 has announced her
retirement.
36.
37.India has won 83 medals at the 2013 World police and fire games held at Belfast(Northern Island).
K P Thomas won Dronacharya award. 38.
Ronjon Sodhi won the Raji Gandhi Khel Ranta award for Hs Trap shooting skills 39.
Brigalia Bam won Mahatma Gandhi International award for peace and Reconciliation. 40.
INTERNATIONAL
1. Abdual Yameen is the 6th new president of the Maldieves
2.Boko Haram meaning Western Education is sacrilege. It is a terrorist groud trying to impose Islam on the
North nigeria. Americal official annonce it as terriorist group for UN bombing at Abuja. The meaning of Sacrilege
is Violation or Misuse of what is regarded as scared.
3.P5+1 nation (US,UK,France,Germanay,China and Russia) (code word: FUUCGR) has signed interim nuclear deal
with IRAN.
4.Taiwan and singapore signed free trade agreement on 7th November.
5. Bangaladesh gave the approval for commercial cultivation of the genetically modified(GM) BT Brinjal.
6. Zhi Xian party was the new party emerged in china
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6. Zhi Xian party was the new party emerged in china
7.Singapore Airlines decided to end flight in the longest non stop flight connecting Singapore and New York.
8. American Airlines and US airways are merging to form worlds biggest airlines.
9. The new president of the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) was Craig Reedie of Britain.
10. Commonwealth Summit in 2015 will be host by Malta which a south European country.
11.Presidents Standards awarded to the two of the IAF's frontline Fighter squadron 220 and 32 in punjab. 220
squadron is situated at Halwara and 32 squadron at Adampur
12. State of emergency was imposed in Thailand for anti-government protest.
13. Singapore airlines will start an aviation venture with Tata sons.
Immomali Rakhmom is reelected as the President of Tajakistan. 14.
R bhanumati is the new chief justice of the Jharkhand. 15.
The chariman of National Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) is Krishna mohan sahani. 16.
A book of Drug Standards was realsed by Ghulam nabi Azad on 7th Edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia. 17.
Commonwealth Business forum was inagurated by President of Srilanka Mahindra Rajapaksa. 18.
"selfie" named Oxford Dictionarys word of the year 2013. 20.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) lunched cyber defence exercise 'Cyber Coalition 2013'at Estonia. 21.
India might overcome US in usage of internet as the world's second largest online community after china.
IAMAI(Internet And Mobile Association of India)
22.
Ahamed Saleem is the current Secretary general of SAARC. 23.
According to World Prosperity Index 2013 Norway most prosperous country in the world. 24.
As per the Financial Secrecy Index Switzerland emerged as world's most secretive place on financial matters. 25.
Rabba Sign is the symbol of protest against military coup in Egypt. 26.
The "Wakhan Corridor" separates Pakistan and Tajikistan. 27.
The following only countries which have launched mission to mars they are India, Russia, China, US and
Japan.
28.
Viraat Ramayan Mandir the world's largest Hindu temple is to be built in Bihar Motihari district, about 120
km from the city of Patna.
29.
Fiji Islands are referred to as 'Crossroads of south Specific". 30.
Indonesia is not the member of OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) 31.
32.Robert Mugbe The president of Zimbabwe.
A Street in Canada has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Indias 67th Independence
Day.
33.
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
1. 'Hawk 132' manufactured by HAL is added to the account of Indian Navy on 6th November at the
Vishakpatanam Andrapradesh.
2. Worlds first Green helicopeter is tested in Germany. The name of the Helicopter is 'Volocopter'.
3. Indias MOM(Mars Orbitor Mission) launching Mangalyaan(Indias first inter-planetry flight). The camera used
was Mars Colour Camera. India is the first Asian Country and the fourth in the world to undertake this mission
in the hope of finding methane and minerals. The cost of the project was Rs.450 crore.
4. ISTRAC situated in Bangalore is the nerve who will take care of the Mangalyaan mission.
5. The first squardron for Advanced light weight helicopters for the Indian Navy was commision on 12th
November 2013 at Kochi(Kerala). The name of the Newly commissioned naval squardron is INAS322 (Indian
Naval Air Squadron 322) it is equipped with group of Dhruva Helicopters which was manfucatured by HAL.
6.Triumph the famous British motorcyle brand made entry into market with 10 models.
7. Agni V was tested by india 2nd time it is nuclear missile with 5500 km range.
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7. Agni V was tested by india 2nd time it is nuclear missile with 5500 km range.
8. The Good Road was nominated for Oscar 2013
The 12th edition (2014) of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in which of the following city?
A. Mumbai (Answer)
9. Nasa Launched MAVEN orbiter mission to Mars planet on 18th November 2013.
10. Bureau International des Expositions(BIE) voted in favor of Dubai to be host city for The World Trade Fair or
EXPO2020
11.PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ) C25 was the launch vehicle which was used in the mission to mars.
The "Dobson unit" is the most common unit for measuring Ozone concentration. 12.
13.Soyaben , Groundnut and Mustard top three largest produced oilseed in India.
Sasan ultra mega power project in MP is commissioned by Reliance Power. 14.
Biotic Index gives us idea about pollution of Water. 15.
Jupiter is the planet having highest escape velocity in solar system. 16.
India's first aerospace park ready for take-off in Hyderabad (Adhibatla) will take from RGIA airport. 17.
Cheapest lung cancer drug 'Mycidac-C' was launched by Cadila Pharmaceuticals. 18.
New Breast cancer drug-Biosimilar Trastuzumab (Brand name of CANMAB) was introduced in Indian market. 19.
'Find my Stuff' the new mobile app devised by German Scientist that helps locate lost item. 20.
US Developed Most precise clock in the world name is New Atomic Clock. 21.
Kepler telescope built by NASA has stopped its mission of searching for habitable planets after its pointing
system broke down.
22.
PERSON IN NEWS
1. Usha Sangwan First women director of LIC
2. Ushan Ananthsubramanian is the first CMD of Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
3.Doris Lessing the oldest receptient of Noble prize in Literature was died. Her best known books are The
Golden Notebook, Memories of Surviour and The Summer before the dark and she was only the 11th women to
win the award.
4. Miss Universe 2013 was won by Gabriela Isler of Venezuela held in Moscow russia. Till now she has won 7
such titles.
5. Rohit Sharma hit double centruy (209) vs Australia in Bangalore chinnaswami stadium. Sachya scored 209 vs
SA and Shewag scored 219 against WI and Rohit was the 14 the Indian batsman to score a century on Debut.
6.Rohit Sharma has established record of hitting most number of sixes (16) in an innings in ODI against
Austraila. HE broke record of Shane watson who had hit 15 sixes agains Bangaladesh
7.Ahan Modi became the youngest PAN card holder in the country.
8.Srilankan Gamani corea is related to Economics.
9. Jhon s Chen is the new CEO of Blackberry.
10.Tarla Dalal was the first chef of india and was associated with the Cookery.
11. Gurshanarn Kaur the wife of Manmohan singh was the person to get the security cover of the Women SPG
12. Narendra Hirwani was the first indian to get the highest wicket in his debut test for india. Second person Is
Mohammed Shami.
13. Peta was invented by Ingrid Newkirk. PETA(People for Ethical Treatment of Animals)
14. Sachin played totally 200 test and below him next player is Dravid 150.
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14. Sachin played totally 200 test and below him next player is Dravid 150.
15. Shivanarian chandrapal became the first west indian cricketer to play 150 test for his team.
16. Prithvi Shaw smashed 546 runs which is third highest score in the world in any format of cricket.
17. Frederick Sanger passed away at the age of 95 was an Biochemist. He was the Double noble prize winner
that too both for chemistry only. Other three personalities to win 2 nobles are Marie Curie, Linus Pauling and
John Bardeen.
18. Lionel Messi playes for Barcelona Spanish League Team. He was awarded third Golden Boot award.
19. Anjolie Ela Menon was presented with Dayawati Modi Award for Art and culture education.
20. John F kennedy was assassination of 35th US president was carried out at Dallas texas.
21. Rizwan Abbasi is the new lawyer of ongoing mumbai terror attack.
22. Narendra modi is the person of the year is the only indian among 42 global leaders.
23.Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif new chief of Pakistan Army. He is the 15 th chief of pakistan army.
24. Shikar Dhawan and Upal Taranga share the record of scoring first 5 ODI hundereds in least number of
innings.
25.Nishi Vasudeva become first women to head Navaratna PSU HPCL.
26.Manmohan sing 5th time elected as Rajya sabha member from Assam.
27. Golden Bat award was won by Shikar Dhawan in Championship trophy 2013. and Jadeja won golden ball
award in the same trophy.
28. Winner of Noble prize for Literature in 2013 Alice Munro belongs to canada.
29. Winner of Miss world 2013 Megan young belong to Philippine country.
30. Virat Kholi is the brand Ambasaddor of BSF.
31. Tonny Abbott the Present Primeminsiter of Austraila
32. Thomas Bach the President of International Olympic Committee.
33.Sushmita Banerjee was killed by Talilban in Afgan.
34. Raghuram Rajan is the 23rd Governor of RBI. Duvvaian Subbarao was Governor before him.
34. Aung Suu Kyi received the Sakhorva Prize for Freedom of thought 2013.
35. Arup Raha the new indian chief of Indian Airforce.
36. Justice Ajay Mainkrao 22nd chief justice of MP high court
Neeraj Sahai , Indian-American has appointed as the president Standard & Poors Rating Service. 37.
Sachin Tendulkar appointed as UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia on 28th Nov 2013. 38.
39.Legendray pak singer reshma died in lahore
Paul Walker died in car accident in California US on 30th November 2013. 40.
Vijaydan Detha, famous writer of folk tales in Rajasthani 41.
Moe Set Wine is the first Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years time of
history
42.
Two time Olympic gold medalist Donovan Bailey is the first ambassador of Airtel Delhi Half Marthon's. 43.
Tassaduq Hussain is the new chief justice of Pakistan. 44.
45.Radha Burnier passed away recently she belongs to Theosophical Society.
SN Goenka was passed away recently she was a pioneer in the field of Vipassan 46.
Imomali Rakhmon is the Tajikistans president winning fourth seven year term. 47.
Russian President Vladimir Putin most powerful person in the world: Forbes. 48.
Geethu Anna Jose Ace basketball player selected for Jimmy George Award. 49.
MS Dhoni and Virat Kholi nominated for ICC people choice award. 50.
Syed Ibne Abbas new pak envoy to India. 51.
Justice Ajaya Manikrao Khanwikar is the Chief Justice of MP High Court. 52.
Satyananda mishra appointed as new chairman of MCX(Multi Commodity Exchange). 53.
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Satyananda mishra appointed as new chairman of MCX(Multi Commodity Exchange). 53.
Tassaduq Jillani New Chief Justice of Supreme court of Pakistan. 54.
PLACES IN NEWS
1. One world trade center of US is tallest building replacing chichagos Willis Tower.
2. Gujrat CM Narendra modi proposed to construct 182m height Sardar Vallabhai patel statue on the narmada
river near bharchu in Gujarat. This will be the tallest statue in the world. The name of the statue is 'Statue of
Unity'. The Run for Unity was organized by MODI to gather support for it.
3. Sikkim got the name best region to visit in 2014 in Lonely Planet's 'Best in Travel 2014'.
4. The Power cyclon of three decades hit philippines was Typhoon Haiyan
5. Chattisgarh was the first state in which there was a option for Voting as NOTA(None of The Above).
6.Karwar Karnataka was choosen as the base for stationing Indias second aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
which will be commisioned into indian navy on 16th November at Russia. And Indias first aircraft carrier name
is INS Vikrant(It will be commissioned in 2017). Meaning of INS--> Indian Naval Services. In Russia INS
VIkramadiya was called as Baku.
7. The 18th International Childeren Film Festival of India(ICFFI) was held at Hyderabad.
8. The 44th International Film Festival of India(IFFI) was held at Goa. The first film to be screened was Don
Juans. The Golden peacock award was won by the film Beatriz's War by East Timor.
9. Ripon building of chennai completed 100 years of establishment, houses of muchipal corporation of India.
10. Nepal will be playing next year World T20 championship.
11.Thailand Donated 300kg gold Bodh gaya temple in bihar.
12.Chattisgarh is the place where first state election voting held.
13.Worlds Biggest Building 'New Centuary Golbal Center' was build in Chengdu of China.
World Heritage site list 2013 for this Hill forts rajastan was added to it.
14.Delhi was the first state to launch Food Security Scheme in India.
15. Tripura achieve top position in literacy chart in India.
16. Indias first air traffic controll was inaugatrated at mumbai
Joint Commission meeting b/w the Republic of Korea and india held at Delhi. 17.
DMRC and Embassy of Swedan jointly inaugurated 'Nobel Memorial Wall' at Rajiv Chowk metro station in
delhi.
18.
ITC Maurya declared as worlds first LEED(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rated
hotel by the US Green Building Council.
19.
ICANN-The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has announced the LONDON will become
one of the first cities in world to have its own web domain '.London' from summer 2014.
20.
21.Germany on Friday became the first European country to allow babies born with characteristics of both sexes
to be registered as neither male nor female, but advocates called for broader reforms.
The "Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary" in Assam is famous for One-Horn Rhinos. 22.
The Great Himalaya national park is one of the only two national parks in the world which are home to
Western Tragopan.
23.
Gulmarg the coldest place in J & K. 24.
Goas new Dabolim airport to be opened on Goa Liberation day. 25.
Russia launches rocket Soyuz-FG rocket carrying 2014 Olympic torch 26.
Punjab to host 4th World Cup Kabaddi. 27.
INDIA AND WORLD
1. India ranked 7th in Expat quality of life : Meaning of Expat (Swadesh movie kind). 1st position Thailand.
2. India and kuwait signed 5 agreements
3. India and US conducted Joint Military Exerciese named Malabar2013
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3. India and US conducted Joint Military Exerciese named Malabar2013
4. Indian and China conducted Hand in Hand Joint military training exercise at china place Chengdu.
UNSECO suspended US and ISRAEL the voting right as they didnt pay the due to UN cultural Arm 5.
6. Russia successfully launched rocket Proton-M carrying defense satellite Raduga-1M from Kazakshtan.
7. Prasar Bharati and Radio-Television of Solvenia signed MOU to develop and strengthen the mutual friendly
relation in boradcasting.
8. International Trade Fair began at Prgathi maidan New Delhi.
9. India-Bangladesh first integrated check post names Agartala-Akhaura was inaugurated by Both India and
Bangladesh.
10. India signed 8 agreements with Vietnam in areas of Defence and security, oil exploration, civil aviation and
Scientific research.
11.Sacramento King the popular basketball team in US launched Hindi version website to reach out to people
who speak Hindi and in turn to popularize the game in the country.
The ancient Hindu Temple "Preah Vihera" is a source of dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. 12.
BIPA (Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement) treaty India has signed with Gulf Co-
operation Council Countries (GCC) they are Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
13.
South Korea is the largest buyer of Wheat from India. 14.
India signed a clean tech pact to produce etahnol with Finland. 15.
Saudi Arabia has emerged as worlds largest active Twitter user while India ranked 21st 16.
NATIONAL
1. Government released postage stamps on Sachin Tendulkar . He is the second person after Mother teresa to
have such stamps.
2.First Dual cab diesel Elctric freight locomotive to be bulit by Indian Railway is Vijay.
3.Information and Broadcasting Minister issued new award 'Centernary Award or Shatabdi Purskar for india
completing 100 years in indian cinema and new award will ge given to outstanding Indian film personality at the
International Film Festival of India(IFFI).
4.Times of India completed 175 years
5. Indias. First riot controld and public order management academy was inagurated at Meerut UP.
6. The first Regional Pravasi Bharatiya diwas was inagurated in Austraila.
7. From Gangotri(Uttarkhand) to Ganga sagar(West Bengal) the longest white water river drafting was
completed IAF Aqua squllers.
8.Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail(VVPAT) was first used in mizoram. It just help the user to see and track
wheteh he voted it or not.
9. Airforce station Ambala is the oldest airbase of IAF witnessing 75 year of its establishment in aug
2013,Platinum jubliee celerbration was held there at Ambala.
10. GSICC(Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee) was headed by Ranjana Prakash Desai
11.Indias first defence satellite launched on august 2013 GSAT-7.
'BCCI' launched Thank You sachin campaign on social networking site to honor sachin on retirement. 12.
Sukhoi-30 fighter jet has been selected by Indian Air Force as the platform to mount the Supersonic BrahMos
missiles.
13.
Jet Airways sold the 24 percent stake to the Etihad Airways of UAE. 14.
NALCO won the EEPC(Engineering Export Promotion Counsil) Easter region Gold Trophy for 2011-12. 15.
The International Heavy Minerals Conference (HMC) was held in Vishakapatnam 16.
"Synthetic Rubber plant" of the country at panipat Harayana was inagurated by Petroleum Minister
Veerappa Moily.
17.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved fifth tiger reserve of Maharastra in Nagzira 18.
Tripura first time in country introduced PVC Electoral Photo Identity Card as mandated by Election
Commision of India.
19.
Govt allowed 5kg of Lpg cooking gas to sell at petrol bunk. 20.
Enforcement Directorate comes under Ministry of Finance. 21.
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Enforcement Directorate comes under Ministry of Finance. 21.
BFSI(Banking and Financial Service Industry) - LIC has emerged as India's most attractive brand in BFSI
industry.
22.
BASIC country are developing country who committed to reduce greenhouse gas emission. BASIC Includes
following Countries Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
23.
Mithi Virdi nuclear plant is coming up in Gujarat Bhavangar district. 24.
'Nathu La' mountain passes, which connects India and China's Tibet Autonomous Region. 25.
The "Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme" is related to encourage the defaulters of service tax. 26.
As per the latest report by Central Statistics Office(CSO) West Bengal recorded highest sex ratio in 110 years. 27.
Shashtra seema bal establishes its own Dog Training center in Rajastan. 28.
Axis bank will become Foreign-owned lender. 29.
The new toll free number for Telecom complaints is '1037'. 30.
31. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. The programme is aimed at providing electricity to all rural
households. The Government of India has recently decided to continue the programme.
The airstrip in Ladakh, reopened by the Indian Air Force is Daulat Beg Old. 32.
Virginius Xaxa the Chairman of the newly constituted committee by the Central Government, to assess the
status of Scheduled tribes
33.
STATE
1.Kannur district in kerala is named as Zero Landless district in the country.
2. Indias first rapid metro service is started its operation from Guragaon.
3. Article 371D is related to Telagana issue. Telangana new cm Chandrashekar rao its the 29th state of India. It
has got 10 districts under it and for 10 years Hyderbaad will be the captial of Telangana and Andhrapradesh.
4. TCS opened new plant in Gandhinagar Gujrat
5. Assams offical State anthem "O Mor Aponar Desh" (O my beloved land) was composed by Sahityarthi
Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
6. Helen Cyclonic storm hit coast of Andhra pradesh.
7. Coir board of India recently completed 60 years.
8. RBI opened 5000cr for MSME Sector.
9. GNLA(Garo National Liberation Army) is fighting for Sovereign Garoland in Meghalaya.
According to Survey on Higher Education Bangalore has highest number of colleges in the country. 10.
The Palamaner is a small town in chittoor district of AP is famous for Terracotta toys. 11.
Mustard is the cerel corp selected for 'Geographical Information System' to provide all information about
sowing and harvesting of the corps.
12.
74 Amendment deals with Strengthening of urban local bodies and 73 Amendment deals with empowering
panchayat raj institutions.
13.
Sevai Attam, Oyilaattam and Karagattam are traditional folk dance of Tamil Nadu. 14.
Punjab is the state which banned E-cigarettes in the country. 15.
Gorkhapur in UP is called as 'Chicago of the East' due to its gang wars. 16.
Royal Kathima Ceremony is related to Buddhism 17.
United Bank will open branches in all West Bengal Gram panchayats. 18.
Maharasthra enacted anti-superstition law. 19.
CONFERENCE
1.Delhi to host 12th edition Pravasi Bharatiya diwas in 2014.
2.CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) was held at Colombo Srilanka among 53 memeber it
happened after 24 years. Indian cananda and Mauritius bunked this meeting.
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3.United Nation Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) was held at Warsaw, Poland. In that G77+China Group
walked out of Negotiations on 'Loss and Damage' .
4. Union Cabinet on 7th Nov 2013 approved the VISA waiver agreements with the Poland, Slovenia and
Lithuania.
7. The Gopal Krishna Committee findings are related to the reason in decrease in production of Natural Gas.
ECONOMY
1. India will be 3rd largest economy by 2030.
2. Indian Philanthropist list was topped by Azim premzi.
3. India's first Bharatiya Mahila Bank(BMB) was inagurated by the manmohan and sonia on Indira gandhi birth
anniversary on 19th November. The first BMB was inagurated at the Narmian point in mumbai. Usha
subramanian is the first Chief or head or top officer of that bank. BMB is the first bank started in Public Sector
space by an Act of Parliment.
4. Sabarro first ever branded Apple was launched by Mahindra Shublah.
ABBREVIATIONS
1. AAA-- Asian Atheltics Association
2.GFCI- Global Finance Centers Index
3.EVM- Electronic Voting Machine
4.CITU- Center of Indian Trade Unions
5. ERDA- Energy Research and Developmet Administration.
6.FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act.
IMPORTANT DAYS
1.National Education day is celebrated on 11 November. First celebrated at Gangtok,sikkim. It was in the name
of Maulana Abdula Kalam Azad the first education minister of india and also national portal is inaugurated on
his name. And also on 125th Birth Anniversary of him P chidambaran released Commemorative coin of Rs 20 a
circulation coin of Rs.5
2. National Press day was observed on 16th November.
3. 12 th july is celebrated as Malal Day by UN in 2013.
National Integration Day was observed on 19th Nov. 4.
5. National Mining Day was celebrated on 1st November.
6. World Science day for Peace and Development was observed on 10 November.
7. National Integration day was observed on 19th November (The Birth of Indira Gandhi)
8. World Toilet Day was observed on 19th November.
International day for elimination of violence against women is observed on 25th November. 9.
Constitution Day was observed on 26th November. 10.
World Photograph day was celebrated on August 19th. 11.
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The First world cup cricket officially called as prudential cup and there 6 teams at that time was played in the year
1975, The match was between West Indies vs Australia, The West Indies won this match.
Firs ever world cup century was made by Dennis Ammis of England.
The First Test match was played in the year 1877, It was played between Australia and New Zealand .
Trimming is related to the Foot Ball
In kabaddi there will be 11 players
1st Asian game was held in India and it will be organized for every 4 years. Asian games were started in 1951
Length of Cricket Pitch 22 yards
The winter olympic game is played in 1924
First Olympic was held in Canada
Sania Mirza is brand ambassador of Telangana
Rajasthan is the first state to establish Panchayat Raj Institutions in India.
Lokayukta submits its report to the Speaker of the Legislative assembly.
Sarkaria commission was appointed to examine centre-state relations in India.
Thorium is the radioactive element has been to have in India.
Peanuts grows under the tree.
Trivandrum is the not free trade zone.
Euro is the currency of Spain
Azlan Shah cup is associated with the game of Hockey.
After long cold war Taiwan and China signed agreement to expand air links and accept main land investments.
India signed big defence deal of Rs.45000 crore in order to buy warships.
Chhattisgarh is among top five power selling states in India.
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