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November 2014 current affairs

Nov 1: Apprehending foggy conditions in the winter season, railways has decided to cancel 30 trains, mostly north bound, for 47 days from December 31 this year.

Nov 2: Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently made a two-pronged simultaneous incursion by sending its troops into Indian waters in the Pangong lake ( in ladakh) as well as five kms deep into Indian territory through the land route in the same area, according to reports.

Nov 3: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government replaced Financial Services Secretary Gurdial Singh Sandhu with Gujarat-cadre IAS officer Hasmukh Adhia and made over 60 Special and Joint Secretary-level appointments.

Nov 3: Veteran Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, who essayed villainous and comic roles with equal ease and gave powerful performances in "Ardh Satya" and "Sadak", after battling lung infection.

Nov 4: In a step to rope in professional experts from the private sector, the Centre asks all ministries to carry out an exercise for identifying posts that require people with specialised or technical knowledge.

Nov 4: Kolkata and its port area may face a terror attack, according to a warning issued by central intelligence agencies amid which the Navy has withdrawn its two warships that were docked at the port here.

Nov 5: The Delhi Assembly was dissolved, paving the way for fresh elections that will end the political hibernation since the AAP government fell in February.

Nov 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-constituted a high-level climate panel and dropped well known environmentalist Sunita Narain and top industry leader Ratan Tata from the council.

Nov 5: India and Russia discussed ways to enhance cooperation in key areas of energy and trade, as also important "outstanding issues" requiring immediate attention including the concerns of Russian giant Sistema.

Nov 6: A Torpedo Recovery Vessel of Indian Navy sunk off the Visakhapatnam coast during a naval exercise killing one sailor while four others went missing.

Nov 6: Sharing his anger and pain after being stripped of the captaincy in 1997, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed in his book "Playing it my way" that the "unceremonious" sacking was very "embarrassing" and "humiliating".

Nov 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly pitched for ending the wretched practice of female foeticide as he adopted Jayapur village ( in varanasi district) in his Lok Sabha constituency, urging villagers to give up dependence on governments for solving their problems.

Nov 7: A day after a Naval vessel sank off the Vishakhapatnam coast, a full scall search operation was underway to trace the four missing sailors, including an officer, and an inquiry has been set up to look into the cause of the mishap.

Nov 7: Under attack over the Budgam firing incident which left two teenagers dead, Army admitted that it was a "mistake" by its personnel and promised action against anyone found guilty.

Nov 8: West Bengal police arrests the mastermind of Burdwan blast Sk Rahmatulla alias Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and stated to be a Chief Commander of Jamaat-ul- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror group.

Nov 8: Laxmikant Parsekar, an old RSS hand who helped build BJP in Goa, was today sworn-in as Chief Minister of the coastal state after he snuffed out competition from his senior and Deputy CM Francis D'Souza to succeed Manohar Parrikar who was plucked for a Union Cabinet berth.

Nov 9: Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and former Shiv Sainik Suresh Prabhu are inducted into the Union Cabinet and given Defence and Railway portfolios respectively as Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an expansion of his council of ministers and reshuffled portfolios while bringing in 21 new faces.

Nov 10: Ahead of Parliament's winter session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks his Council of Ministers to cut down on unnecessary tours to ensure their maximum presence during the month-long affair.

Nov 10: India decides to strengthen its staff by deploying two additional diplomats in Erbil camp office in violence-hit Iraq, within a week after the families of 40 Indians, who are still held captives there, requested the External Affairs Minister to do so.

Nov 10: After making a strong pitch in the UN to observe an International Yoga Day, which has been supported by 50 countries, including the US and China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created a separate ministry- AAYUSH, which will have Department of Ayurveda and Yoga, among others.

Nov 11: MNREGA, the ambitious rural job scheme introduced by the UPA government, will continue to be implemented across the country with new Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh ruling out any plan to restrict it to only 200 backward districts.

Nov 11: Asserting that ASEAN is at the core of India's 'Act East' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Myanmar to attend the Summit with the ten-nation grouping and the East Asia Summit.

Nov 12: Unfazed by the row, AMU VC Zameer Uddin Shah stands by his controversial comment on girl undergraduates' entry to the university library even as the HRD Ministry sought more details from him about rules which bar girls from getting access to the main library.

Nov 12: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit later this week, Australia hopes that the administrative arrangement for the supply of uranium to India would be in place by "first half of next year" as it was in the process of getting parliamentary approvals for the same.

Nov 13: The battle over Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy escalated with Congress launching a sharp but veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of seeking to destroy his secular vision and spreading "poison of communalism".

Nov 13: India achieves a major victory with the US agreeing to its proposal on food security issues at WTO, a development that will pave the way for a breakthrough to end the three-month long stalemate.

Nov 13: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav are the ten political leaders who are elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Nov 13: Over four years after the Machil fake encounter that fuelled widespread unrest in Kashmir Valley, five army men including two officers were sentenced to life for gunning down three youths and labelling them as militants, a decision welcomed by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as a "watershed moment".

Nov 14: India successfully test-fires its indigenously-developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II and Dhanush ballistic missiles in separate trials, boosting the armed forces' operational readiness.

Nov 14: The government kick-starts the Bal Swachhta Mission as part of Children's Day celebrations and also launched the 'Udaan' programme for girls, which seeks to prepare them for the IIT-JEE.

Nov 14: India's front line combat aircraft Sukhoi-30 fleet is cleared for flying after being grounded for nearly a month following a crash near Pune.

Nov 16: Making an appeal for a clear mandate in favour of BJP in Maoist-hit Jharkhand, Home Minister Rajnath Singh asks Naxals to shun violence and join the mainstream to strengthen the nation.

Nov 16: For the first time in the country's history, a special squad of women troops has been deployed deep inside jungles to undertake active and prolonged operations against Naxalites.

Nov 17: India and China began their joint "Hand-in-Hand" army exercise focusing on counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism tactics, weeks after a stand-off between their troops along the border in Ladakh region.

Nov 17: Seeking to reassert Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy, Sonia Gandhi says his ideas were under threat from "misrepresentation and distortion", a veiled attack on BJP, and stressed on the compelling necessity for secularism as Congress sought to reach out to non-NDA party.

Nov 17: Home Minister Rajnath Singh warned China against constructing roads in Indian territory while maintaining that New Delhi wants cordial ties with its neighbours.

Nov 18: In the first case of Ebola in the country, an Indian national returning from Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus and has been quarantined at a special facility at Delhi airport.

Nov 18: Government announced institution of a new national service medal for the personnel of country's lead disaster mitigation force NDRF and other such units who risk their lives to help the common man struck in calamities.

Nov 19: Days after directing replacement of German with Sanskrit as third language, the government says the students wanting to study this foreign language can still do so as an "additional" subject and has decided to continue with services of teachers hired for teaching it.

Nov 19: Rejecting the stand of political parties on its guidelines to ensure transparency in electoral funds, the Election Commission made it clear that they were "binding" and threatened them that violations could lead to withdrawal of their recognition.

Nov 20: Calling for greater engagement between academia and industries, President Pranab Mukherjee asks universities to become breeding ground for technological advancements and says success of initiatives like 'Make in India' hinges on manufacturing quality products.

Nov 20: On a day of swift developments, Haryana police slapped charges of murder and violence against arrested 'godman' Rampal, formed an SIT and made 469 arrests, including three persons from Nepal.

Nov 21: India has invited US President Barack Obama to be the chief guest at the 2015 Republic Day celebrations, an invitation which has been accepted by the American leader.

Nov 21: Stressing that terrorism perpetrated and supported from "outside" is the main challenge for Afghanistan, its former President Hamid Karzai criticized dualism in American policy towards Pakistan saying he had told Barack Obama that US should not run with the hare and hunt with the hound.

Nov 21: Cautioning against various threats facing the subcontinent, President Pranab Mukherjee says it was imperative for India to have an effective deterrence and strong defence to promote development and it must be prepared to use its "might" if the need arises.

Nov 22: Union Ministers Birender Singh and Suresh Prabhu are nominated by BJP for bye-elections to two Rajya Sabha seats in Haryana.

Nov 22: In a fresh bid to break the Bofors jinx, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar clears proposal to acquire 814 artillery guns for Rs 15,750 crore while deferring decision on joint bid by Tata Sons and Airbus to replace IAF's Avro transport fleet and also procurement of 106 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft.

Nov 23: Six years after the Mumbai terror attack, the state of the art Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) for coastal security was inaugurated by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who described it as "bold initiative" and a reply to 26/11 terror attack.

Nov 24: Six months after coming to power, the NDA government named National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval as its Special Representative on boundary talks with China, paving the way for the dialogue to resume at this level.

Nov 25: Seven naval officers were found guilty following a probe into the fire that occurred on board submarine INS Sindhuratna earlier this year, which left two personnel dead and led to the resignation of former Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi.

Nov 25: Jammu and Kashmir registered a record 71.28 percent turnout in the first phase of incident free Assembly elections when people ignored boycott calls by separatists and cold conditions to cast their votes in 15 constituencies.

Nov 25: CBI will provide the case diary and crime file in the Talabira coal block allocation case to the special court as directed by it, the agency's Director Ranjit Sinha says.

Nov 25: A bill seeking to remove imprisonment as punishment for violating the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961 and allowing employers to fix the hours of work and leave as per their discretion or policy was passed by Rajya Sabha.

Nov 25: A parliamentary panel is learnt to have approved a bill to give effect to the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) recommending that the interests of state governments and the people be kept in mind.

Nov 26: India commemorated the sixth anniversary of the Mumbai attack with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders paying homage to the victims, recalling the "horror" over which the country still felt "endless pain" for the loss of 166 lives.

Nov 27: In a new twist to the sensational Badaun case involving two teenaged girls, CBI rejects the rape and murder angle given by the UP police, holding that they had committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree.

Nov 27: In a move which will give a major boost to the tourism sector, the Government launched the much-awaited electronic visa facility for visitors from 43 countries including US, Germany and Israel.

Nov 28: Contending that the people of Jammu and Kashmir see a "new ray of hope", Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the heavy voter turnout in phase I of the Assembly polls held on November 23 was a clear message that the ballot has prevailed and bullet rejected.

Nov 28: The encounter in Arnia sector of Jammu region close to Indo-Pak border ended this morning after the remaining fourth militant was gunned down by security forces during the terror attack on an Army patrol that in all left 12 people dead including five civilians and three army personnel.

Nov 29: At least eight people, including a father-son duo and a CRPF sub-inspector, suffered minor injuries in a grenade blast near Palladium Cinema in busy Lal Chowk in Srinagar.

Nov 29: Ahead of his visit to Northeastern states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the government is committed to realising the potential of the region and accelerating its progress as India will not develop till it develops.

Nov 29: Terming Pakistan-based terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad a constant security threat, Director of Intelligence Bureau Asif Ibrahim says return of the battlehardened youth from Iraq and Syria poses a new challenge to the country.

Nov 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that steps will be taken to stop inflow of illegal migrants from Bangladesh with which India will operationalise the land swapping deal for a permanent solution to deal with the problem of infiltration.

Nov 30: Describing ISIS and al Qaeda as serious security challenges for India, Director of Intelligence Bureau Asif Ibrahim says the Indian diaspora has become increasingly vulnerable to elements having allegiance to terror groups.

Nov 30: Pitching for 'SMART' policing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says intelligence gathering is the most vital aspect of the security essentials of the country which must honour its police martyrs and ensure welfare of police personnel.

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