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Weekly Tonic 15 - 21 November Career Power
Weekly Tonic 15 - 21 November Career Power
This is the new series which have been started by us in which we will provide you weekly compilation of the current affairs.
We will publish our new document named WEEKLY GA TONIC.
We really hope that you all will like this new initiative by our team. This document contains the important current affairs
from November 2015, i.e. 15th November to 21st November.
This tonic is useful for all those candidates who are appearing for the NABARD EXAM.
Also, this is useful for the IBPS CLERK MAINS EXAM 2015-16.
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INDIA IN NEWS(AGREEMENTS)
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SPORTS IN NEWS
Maharashtras chess player Srishti Pandey clinched
the second Indiana All India FIDE Rating Chess
tournament. The tournament was organised by
Nagpur Taluka Chess Association, which concluded
at Dr Hedgewar Smarak Samiti Hall, Reshimbagh,
Nagpur.
Indian men and women elite cyclists won five medals
on the opening day of the Track Asia Cup. The
cyclists won one gold medal, three silver medals and
one bronze medal at the event held in IG Stadium
Complex Velodrome, New Delhi. Anu clinched a
silver medal in the 500m race distance event in the
junior women category in a time of 40.093 seconds.
Amritha Reghunathan, from SAINCA, won the gold
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BUSINESS NEWS
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SUMMITS/CONFERENCE
a) 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Economic Leaders Summit was held at Manila,
Philippines from 18 November to 19 November
2015. The summit was chaired by Philippines
President Benigno S. Aquino III.
b) The theme of the Summit was Building Inclusive
Economies, Building a Better World.
c) After the conclusion of the summit, the leaders
from 21 member-countries issued the 2015 Leaders
Declaration titled Building Inclusive Economies,
Building a Better World: A Vision for an Asia-Pacific
Community.
d) Peru will chair APEC throughout 2016 and host
the 24th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting.
Global Cancer Summit, a three-day programme
focussed on understanding and suggesting strategies
to tackle cancer, will be organised from November
18-20 at the Indian Institute of Science. The event is
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DAYS
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DEFENCE IN NEWS
a) The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed
over the Maareech - Advanced Torpedo Defence
System developed by DRDO to the Navy Chief
Admiral Robin K. Dhowan in Vishakhapatnam.
b) Maareech is a joint project of Naval Physical and
Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi and NSTL,
Visakhapatnam.
c) The system provides a complete solution to detect
and locate the incoming torpedo and to apply
countermeasures to protect naval platform against
torpedo attack. The system is capable of detecting,
confusing, diverting and decoying the incoming
torpedoes.
INS Vishwakarma, the erstwhile Shipwright School
(SWS) and a premier training establishment of the
Indian Navy has been commissioned. It was
commissioned by Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the
Naval Staff at a formal ceremony held at
Visakhapatnam.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Tennis champion-turned Hollywood filmmaker
Ashok Amritraj was awarded with an honorary
doctorate of Arts by the University of East London.
Amritraj was honoured for promoting talented
moviemakers from across the world, including India.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) was on 19 November 2015 chosen for the
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for 2015.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju,
was on 17 November 2015 designated as the
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the
Asia Region by the United Nations Office for Disaster
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through integrating CCTNS with e-Courts, eprisons, Forensics and Prosecution, which are the
key components of the Criminal Justice System.
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
MISCELLANEOUS
Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IL&FS
Global Financial Services to spread its wings
overseas. IL&FS Global Financial Services is a
subsidiary
of
infrastructure
giant
IL&FS.
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited
(IL&FS) is one of India's leading infrastructure
development and finance companies.
Eram Scientific Solutions, manufacturer of electronic
toilets, has unveiled a new eToilet mobile app. The
Andriod app is downloadable for free from Google
Playstore by typing the keyword etoilets. It helps
locate the nearest etoilets via a map and address
listings, Anvar Sadath K, CEO, Eram, says.
Chinas Tianhe-2 supercomputer has emerged as the
worlds most powerful supercomputer system for
the sixth consecutive time. It was unveiled in 46th
edition of Top500 list of supercomputers. The
Chinese Supercomputer is capable of performing
calculations with processing speed of 33.86 petaflops
per second (Pflop/s).
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on 17
November 2015 imposed penalties upon 3 Airlines
for concerted action in fixing and revising Fuel
Surcharge (FSC) for transporting cargo. These 3
Airlines are Jet Airways (India) Ltd, InterGlobe
Aviation Limited and Spice Jet Limited.
Allahabad HC asked UP government to stop sale
and use of Chinese Manjha. The order was passed
on a PIL filed by Anurag Mishra who had drawn
courts attention towards a number of incidents
caused by razor-sharp nylon string coated with
glass.
CCEA approved implementation of CCTNS and ICJS
Project by March 2017 to revamp Criminal Justice
System. The ICJS Project will be implemented
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