1. The government of India (GOI) has revised the e-tourist visa (e-TV) fee in four slabs of zero, $25, $48 and $60.
2. The Delhi metro rail corporation (DMRC) has become the first ever metro system in the country to be certified with the prestigious ISO 50001:2011 (ENMS) rating for efficient energy management.
3. The simlipal national park is the largest tiger reserve of Odisha, situated at Mayurbhanj district. It is part of the UNESCO world network of biosphere reserves since 2009. The park has a protected area of 845.70 square kilometers and has some beautiful waterfalls viz. Joranda and Barehipani. Simlipal is home to 99 royal Bengal tigers and 432 wild elephants.
4. According to the report 'freedom on the net 2015', released by freedom house, china country was the worst abuser of internet freedom in the world. China was followed by Syria and Iran. Whereas in India, internet freedom is improved for the second consecutive year in 2015.
5. The demand for creation of Tulu Nadu state is coming from the Tulu-speaking people who are speared over Karnataka and Kerala.
6. Brand finance has ranked India as the 7th world's most valuable nation brand. US are at the top position followed by china and Germany. The valuation is based on 5-year forecasts of sales of all brands in each country. The GDP of the nation is used as a proxy for total revenues.
7. Sudan president Omar Al-Bashir has visited India recently as part of the India-Africa summit held in New Delhi. International criminal court (ICC) has requested India for his arrest and India has rejected the proposal. Omar Al-Bashir is charged by ICC for alleged genocide and war crimes during Darfur conflict in 2003.
8. Former president APJ Aabdul Kalam's last book 'advantage India-from challenge to opportunity' was launched recently. Kalam had completed 99% of the book before he died. The book was co-authored by Srijan Pal Singh, who is an Iima alumnus. The book describes about how the initiatives like 'Swach Bharat' and 'make in India' can be used to tap untapped potential of India.
9. Brijmohan lall Munjal, who is widely known as father of the Indian two-wheeler industry passed away recently. He was the founder of the hero Moto corp. In the year 1980 he had signed an agreement with Honda Company to manufacture motorcycles in India.
10. The name of justice t s Thakur (63) was recommended to the government as the next chief justice of India by current cji justice Dattu. Present cji justice Dattu will retire on December 2. Presently, justice Thakur is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court. He would be the 43rd cji.
11. Recently, the deadly tropical cyclone Chapala has made landfall on the desert nation of Yemen, causing widespread floods in coastal regions.
12. Recently, the anthropological survey of India (ANSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe. It is one of the least known particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGS) in the Andaman and microbar islands.
13. 'Sahabat India – the festival of India in Indonesia' is celebrated earlier this year.
14. Dr. Sakena yacoobi of Afghanistan wins the wise prize for education at the seventh world innovation summit for education (wise) in Doha, Qatar on November 4, 2015. Dr. Sakena Yacoobi is known as Afghanistan's mother of education. For the past two decades she is working for the educational development in the war torn country. She has dedicated the prize to the afghan institute of learning.
15. The Russian plane heading to st Petersburg, likely carrying tourists returning from holidays in Egypt's popular Sharm el-sheikh resort was Crahed in Sinai region of Egypt. All the passengers including crew are reported to be killed in the crash. Till now, the real cause for the plane crash is unknown.
16. Michelle Payne is the first female jockey to win the $4.44 million Melbourne cup in Australia's most esteemed race. She is the fourth female to drive the cup in its 155 year history.
17. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's plans for the ambitious digital India Programme include an experimental technology pilot in Varanasi.
18. Recently, the union cabinet has given its approval for a new scheme of the ministry of power – Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (uday) for the financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies (discoms). The scheme empowers discoms with the opportunity to break even in the next 2-3 years. The scheme aims at improving the operational efficiencies of discoms, reduction of cost of power, reduction in interest cost of discoms and enforcing financial discipline on discoms through alignment with state finances.
19. The annual legatum prosperity index ranks 142 countries across eight categories: the economy, entrepreneurship & opportunity, governance, education, safety & security, personal freedom, health, and social capital. Norway ranked top in the recent list. Switzerland is ranked 2nd in the index for the third year in a row. India ranked 99 positions.
20. Maharashtra government has approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna scheme to provide one full hot cooked nutritious food to pregnant, lactating women in the tribal areas.
21. 'Rebooting India: realizing a billion aspirations' is authored by Nandan Nilekani along with his Uidai colleague viral shah. The book suggests for development of voter id database using the uidai.
22. Singapore has topped the list of world's healthiest countries, while India has secured the 103rd position. The list ranks countries using data from the united nations, the world bank and the world health organization
23. National institute of nutrition (Nin) is located at Hyderabad.
24. Belgium topped the fifa world rankings for the first time in history. It surpassed the world champions Germany by two points. Argentina slipped down to third ahead of Portugal, while Chile climbed up to the fifth place. India's rank is 167.
25. Chinese president xi jinping and Taiwan's president ma ying-jeou held their historic talks in Singapore – their first in more than 60 years on November 7, 2015.
26. The committee of eminent persons (cep) under the chairmanship of Prof Ashok Misra submitted its report to the government of India on 5th November 2015. The committee was constituted by iit council to recommend changes to the iit- jee examination.
27. Baglihar hydroelectric power project is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the 450 mw Baglihar hydro electric project stage-ii. Stage-I of the project of similar installed capacity was commissioned in 2008.
28. France is sending its largest warship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to fight against Islamic state (is) in Syria and Iraq. The Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is the largest warship in Western Europe and is also the only nuclear-powered carrier in service outside of the us navy. France is joining the usa-led military operation against Islamic state in Syria and Iraq.
29. According to fortune India, sbi's chief Arundhati Bhattacharya remained as the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector. She was followed by icici bank's Chanda Kochhar, Shikha Sharma of axis bank and hpcl chairperson and managing director (md) Nishi Vasudeva.
30. The 9th of november of every year is celebrated as the legal services day in India.
31. BCCI has appointed retired justice AP shah as its first-ever ethics officer (ombudsman) with one year tenure. Justice ap shah was former chief justice of Delhi high court. The BCCI also removed former president and ICC chairman n Srinivasan as its representative at the world body. BCCI also appointed former captain Sourav Ganguly was appointed chairman of the technical committee.
32. Former union environment and forest minister (independent charge) Jairam Ramesh authored the book titled – 'To the brink and back: India's 1991 story'. The book was published on first week of September 2015. The book discussed about the economic policy changes introduced by late p v Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh in 1991
33. The first world humanitarian summit will be held in early 2016 in istanbul of Turkey.
34. Kottayam is called Akshata Nagari which means the city of letters considering its contribution to print media and literature. Kottayam town is the first town in India to have achieved 100% literacy.
35. Gujarat has become the first state in the country to start mines auction.
36. Raghuram Rajan, reserve bank of India (rbi) governor has been elected vice-chairman of the bank of international settlement (bis). He will have a three-year term. He is the first rbi governor to become the vice-chairman of bis. Bis is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Bis acts as a coordinating body among central banks of various nations to ensure global monetary and financial stability.
37. World science day is celebrated worldwide on 10 November each year. It was started in 2001 by UNESCO. It is celebrated to demonstrate the importance of science in our daily life. The theme of world science day 2015 is science for a sustainable future.
38. According to the census 2011 data, Kerala has the highest female literacy rate of 91.98% where as Rajasthan has the lowest female literacy rate of 52.66%. Lakshadweep holds the first rank in male literacy rate whereas Bihar has recorded lowest male literacy rate.
39. India is not a member to the international criminal court (I.C.C.). Icc was established under the Rome statute adopted in 1998 and entered into force on 2002. Presently 123 states are party to the icc. India has neither signed nor ratified the Rome statute on the international criminal court (I.C.C.).
40. Former reserve bank of India deputy governor Subir Gokarn was appointed as an executive director on the board of the international monetary fund (imf). He replaced Mr. Rakesh Mohan at the imf. Gokarn will represent India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka on the imf's executive board, which is responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the multilateral institution.
41. The Indian institute of science (iisc) Bangalore has made its entry into the world's top 100 universities for engineering and technology. 'times higher education (the) ranking for engineering & technology' placed iisc at 99th position. The list is dominated by us institutions with Stanford, Caltech and Massachusetts institute of technology (mit) in the top three positions.
42. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of ngo Sulabh and Purnima Mehta, director general of the American institute of Indian studies are the Indians, whose names are list in an inaugural 'global diversity list.' the list supported by 'the economist' magazine include 50 global personalities who have used their position in public life to make an impact on diversity. Others in the list include us president Barak Obama, Microsoft's bill gates, spiritual guru the dalai lama and Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai
43. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the statue of Basaveshwara in London. Basaveshwara was a 12th century Indian philosopher and kannada poet. He spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as vachanas.
44. Exercise livewire is an annual exercise conducted by Indian air force to work up the full spectrum of iaf capability and undertake planned operations in response to likely future threats and operational contingencies. Recent exercise was concluded on November 8.
45. Recently, union government has extended by one year the tenure of a high level committee set up under former chief economic advisor Ashok Lahiri to suggest steps to sort out taxation problem being faced by the trade and industry. The committee was formed in December 2014.
46. The Wangala is a post-harvest festival celebrated by garo tribe of north east India. During the festival they give thanks to the sun god of fertility. Generally, it is celebrated annually in November month.
47. For the first time in nearly two decades, Philippines will host the 2015 asia-pacific economic cooperation (apec) leaders' summit in manila the first time the Philippines hosted the summit was in 1996. This year, under the theme of "building inclusive economies, building a better world", manila will push for inclusive growth, highlighting the role of small and medium enterprises (smes), which account for more than 97 per cent of businesses in apec economies.
48. Recently, union defence minister has handed over maareech – advanced torpedo defence system developed by drdo to the Indian navy. Maareech is a joint project of naval physical and oceanographic laboratory (npol), Kochi and naval science and technological laboratory (nstl), Vishakhapatnam. It is a state-of-the-art indigenous system for torpedo detection and countermeasures.
49. Syed Akbaruddin (1985 batch ifs officer) has been appointed as India's permanent representative to the United Nations.
50. Interpol has introduced a new international alert called "silver notice" on a pilot basis to assist its 190 member countries to identify, monitor, freeze and confiscate assets of criminals globally. Other alerts issued by Interpol are – red notice, blue notice, green notice, yellow notice, black notice, orange notice, purple notice and un special notice. Click here to know about types of Interpol notices.
51. Australia is considered to have the largest reserve of recoverable uranium in the world. However, Australia ranks third in terms of production of uranium. Kazakhstan and Canada produce more than Australia. Recently, India and Australia have concluded their civil nuclear agreement. India is the first country to buy uranium from Australia without being a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (npt).
52. In 2017, Madame Tussauds', world famous wax museum, will open its new venture in New Delhi. Madame Tussaud's wax museum is one of the major tourist attraction in London. It's branches are spread across the world. In Asia, it's present in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, shanghai, Singapore and wuhan. Indian celebrities like Mahatma Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh khan, Salman khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor khan are some of the names who have been featured at the museum.
53. The skills 2015 international conference will be held in Hyderabad on November 19 and 20. The conference aims to address the crucial aspect of skill development needed for achieving and sustaining a clean India.
54. Chip maker Intel has launched 'ek kadam unnati ki aur' in Telangana state.
55. According to a biannual top500 list of supercomputers, China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer has maintained its position as the world's most powerful system for the 6th consecutive time. Tianhe-2 (or milky way 2) was developed by china's national university of defence technology and deployed at the national supercomputer center in Guangzhou. Its performance is 33.86 petaflops per second (pflop/s), .it has held the title since June 2013. The Chinese system is almost twice as fast as the next on the list, titan of the us department of energy.
56. India is ranked 80th out of 104 countries in the global hunger index 2015. This report's ghi scores are based on a new, improved formula that reflects the multidimensional nature of hunger by combining four indicators related to undernourishment, wasting, stunting, and child mortality. The global hunger index (ghi) was first released by the international food policy research institute and welthungerhilfe in 2006.
57. World economic forum's global gender gap index 2015 has ranked India at 108 out of 145 countries. Last year India's rank was 114. India has moved up six spots. The index is constructed on the basis of the gap between men and women in each country across four sub-indices, namely, economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. Iceland, Norway and Finland ranked the first, the second and the third respectively.
58. Recently, Tata steel has commissioned India's largest single location Greenfield steel project at Kalinga Nagar in Odisha's Jajpur district.
59. Shankaran Nair was the author of the book 'inside Ib and RAW: the rolling stone that gathered moss'. He passed away recently. He was former chief of the country's external intelligence agency research and analysis wing (raw). Mr. Nair succeeded r n kao, as the chief of raw in 1977. Shankaran Nair was credited with the success of the 1971 Bangladesh war. Under his leadership, raw helped find the guerrilla fighters troupe mukti bahini and train them.
60. Basel iii" is a comprehensive set of reform measures, developed by the Basel committee on banking supervision, to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of the banking sector. It has to implemented by countries central bank for growth of banking sector.
61. 2015 g-20 Antalya summit was the tenth meeting of the G-20 heads of government. It was held on 15-16 November 2015 in Antalya, Turkey.
62. Shilpa Shetty has co-authored the book The great Indian diet, which is based on the goodness of Indian food. The another co-author is health and fitness expert Luke countinho.
63. Adi shankaracharya' born in 788 ce was a philosopher and theologian from India who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He explained the key difference between Hinduism and Buddhism, stating that Hinduism asserts "atman (soul, self) exists", while Buddhism asserts that there is "no soul, no self. The government may declare his birth date as philosopher day.
64. According to the 3rd edition of the global terrorism index (gti) 2015, India ranked as 6th most affected national by terrorism in India. In India, the two deadliest Islamic terrorist groups in 2014 were Lashkar-e-Taiba (let) and Hizbul mujahedeen. The other five countries that were most affected by terrorism in 2014 are Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria.
65. The 2015 Asean summit was held in Malaysia on November 21. The Asean group includes ten countries of south-east Asia. First Asean summit was held in 1976 in Bali, Indonesia. The 10 member states of Asian group are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Asean+3 group member states are Asian + Japan, china and South Korea.
66. Syrian woman journalist Zaina Erhaim has won the prestigious 2015 reporters without borders prize for her defence of press freedom.
67. Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development for 2015 will be awarded to the office of the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (unhcr). The prize carries a cash award of rs. 25 lakh and a citation. It was first awarded in 1986.un general assembly established unhcr on December 14, 1950 initially to help people displaced by World War II. Since then it became the principal agency that has helped displaced persons the world over.
68. Recently, seventh central pay commission, headed by justice A K Mathur has submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
69. Recently, the Vijay Kelkar committee, set up to review the public-private partnership (ppp) model in India has presented its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
70. Sugar and its product were termed as 'sweet poison' by international diabetes federation in g20 summit. It was urged to impose high taxes on sugar and its related product to prevent people from few commonly spreading diseases such as diabetes and obesity.
71. Harshavardhan neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia group has been elected as president of ficci for 2016. He will take over from the incumbent Jyotsna Suri, who is the chairperson and managing director of Bharat hotels, after the ficci annual general meeting in December month.
72. The world's second largest diamond ever has been discovered in Botswana. The 1,111-carat diamond measures 2.5 inches by 2.2 inches. It is the largest diamond to be discovered anywhere in the world in more than 100 years. The 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, recovered from Pretoria of South Africa in 1905, is widely considered to be the world's largest gem-quality diamond.
73. The second world congress for disaster management was held in Vishakhapatnam during 19-22 November. It was held in collaboration with government of Andhra Pradesh and various local, national, regional and international organizations. It was held six years after the first congress (held in 2008 in Hyderabad). The congress debated on the process of implementation of the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030, which was adopted at the third United Nations world conference on disaster risk reduction in March 2015.
74. Actress Sonali Bendre shared her life's experiences in her debut book 'the modern Gurukul: my experiment with parenting'. In the book, she shared her three principles of parenting which she says will help find a balance between tradition and modernity, and show how to raise a child in the digital age.
75. The East Asia summit 215 was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The East Asia summit (eas) is a forum held annually by leaders of countries in the East Asian and south East Asian region. The first summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005. Eas meetings are held after annual Asean leaders' meetings.
76. French president Francois Hollande will be the chief guest at the 67th republic day parade of january 26, 2016.mr. Francois Hollande would be the 5th highest dignitary from france to be chief guest of Indian republic day parade after prime minister Jacques Chirac (1976), president Valery Giscard d'Estaing (1980), president Jacques Chirac (1998) and president Nicolas sarkozy (2008).with this invitation, France now holds distinction of being the guest of honour for the maximum five times of Indian republic day parade followed by Bhutan (four times); Mauritius and Ussr/Russia (three times each).
77. West ham united goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan is the first Indian to be awarded the Asian woman footballer of the year award in the United Kingdom.
78. Masala bonds are rupee denominated overseas bonds. Masala bonds will help to internationalize the Indian rupee and also deepen the Indian financial system. By issuing bonds in rupees, an Indian company is shielded against the risk of currency fluctuation, typically associated with borrowing in foreign currency.
79. Argentina's opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has won the presidential election. His victory marked an end to the left-leaning and often combative era of president cristina Fernandez, who along with her late husband and predecessor, nestor kirchner, rewrote the country's social contract.
80. The Madrid headquartered international organization of securities commissions (iosco) is the worldwide association of national securities regulatory commissions, such as the securities and exchange commission in the united states, the sebi in India, and about 100 other similar bodies.
81. 'e-lala', an e-commerce portal of confederation of all India traders (cait) was launched by the union urban development minister m Venkaiah Naidu.
82. India's former long jump world champion Anju bobby George was appointed as the chairperson of the target Olympic podium scheme (tops). She will assume the charge in December month this year. The post of the chairperson was lying vacant after the resignation of Anurag Thakur. Anju bobby George is presently a member of the tops' identification committee, which also includes former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid and national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand.
83. Sunil kanoria, vice-chairman of Seri infrastructure finance ltd., has taken the charge as president of ASSOCHAM. Kanoria has succeeded rana kapoor, yes bank managing director and ceo. Sunil Kanoria is also the joint managing director of srei bnp Paribas, a joint-venture between srei infrastructure finance limited and bnp Paribas leasing group, France. He has also worked as member of the working group on construction for the tenth five-year plan (2002-07) of the planning commission, government of India.
84. The 12th south Asian games (sag) will be held in Guwahati, Assam and Shillong, Meghalaya, India in 2016. The government of India in consultation with the Indian Olympic association has formed the organizing committee and executive committee for the planning, management and execution of the games. The first south Asian games were held in Nepal in 1983 with eight countries participating. The games are held every two years except for some occasions.
85. The world robot conference 2015 was held in Beijing, china from 23rd to 25th of November. The conference focused on collaborative innovation and the building of an intelligent society. The event was organized by the china association for science and technology and the ministry of industry and information technology (miit).
86. The world meteorological organization (wmo) is an intergovernmental organization with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a member of the United Nations development group. It has a membership of 191 member states and territories. The current secretary-general of wmo is Michel jarraud and the current president is David grimes. The recent analysis of wmo pointed that 2015 year is very likely to be the hottest year on record worldwide.
87. World milk day, established by the food and agriculture organization (fao) of the United Nations is observed annually on 1st June to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. It has been observed on June 1st each year since 2001. In India, the national milk day is observed on November 26. November 26 marks the birth anniversary of India's most successful dairy entrepreneur Varghese kurien, the founder of dairy firm Amul.
88. The 12th world robot olympiad-2015 was held in Doha, Qatar. The theme of this year's world robot Olympiad was robot explorers. The 13th world robot Olympiad will be held in New Delhi during November, 2016 for the first time. It will be organized by national council of science museums (ncsm) with India stem foundation (isf).
89. According to the Salim Ali bird count conducted by bnhs in association with bird count India, India is home to 514 species of birds. Maharashtra state ranks first with a total of 123 list.
90. Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland (60) has been elected as the new secretary general of the commonwealth. She becomes the first woman and also first British citizen to be elected as secretary-general of the 53-member commonwealth bloc's history.
91. Recently, Kerala cabinet has approved to set up an NRI commission. With this, Kerala becomes the 2nd state after Punjab to have such a body.
92. In memory of 13/11 terror attack in France, the west Bengal government has planned to construct a 55-metre replica of Eiffel tower in Kolkata.
93. Nuclear suppliers group (nsg) is a group of 48 nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related exports. Presently India is not a member of the group.
94. Nri billionaire and philanthropist Manoj Bhargava has unveiled an electricity-generating hybrid bicycle called 'free electric'. The bicycle converts human mechanical energy into electricity. Based on the usage, the device can provide up to 24 hours of electricity after an hour of peddling.
95. Andy Murray led Great Britain have won the 2015 Davis cup for first time since 1936 and for the 10th time in the competition's 115-year history. Great Britain tennis team defeated Belgium team in the finals to win the 104th edition of the competition. The Davis cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis organized by the international tennis federation (itf). It was established in 1900 as a tennis challenge between Great Britain and the United States. Since then, it is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. United States has won the tournament for record 32 times. The women's equivalent of the Davis cup is the fed cup. Australia, we and Czech Republic are the only three countries that have won both Davis cup and fed cup titles in the same year.
96. The Mashreq bank is based in Dubai, United Arab emirates. Recently, the bank has appointed Som Subroto, an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmadabad as the head of the mashreq's retail banking group.
97. The cairns group is a unique coalition of 20 agricultural exporting nations lobbying for agricultural trade liberalization. The 20 countries include Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, new Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, south Africa, Thailand, Uruguay, and Vietnam. The coalition attempts to present a common front in multilateral trade negotiations at the world trade organization (WTO). The cairns group was formed in august 1986, when the Australian government initiated the formation of a group and organized the inaugural meeting in the city of cairns, Australia.
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