Business & International:

  • US drugs giant Pfizer Inc. has struck upon a deal to buy Ireland-based Allergan for 160 billion dollars making it the biggest pharmaceuticals merger deal in history of healthcare sector.
  • 23rd Asia ­Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit held at Manila, Philippines.
  • Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian Su­24 fighter jet after it violated the Turkish airspace.
  • Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom declared an Emergency in the island state on 4th November, 2015.
  • Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won the historic majority in Myanmar Polls which will allow it to elect a president and form a Government.
  • Justin Trudeau was sworn as the new Prime Minister of Canada.
  • Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) co-developed by India and Israel was successfully test-fired for the first time from an Israeli Naval Platform.
  • Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to China.
  • Senior Indian diplomat Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations at New York.

National:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.
  • Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar chief minister for third times.
  • The Seventh Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and recommended a 23.5 percent hike in the pay and minimum salary of 18000 Rs for central government employees.
  • PM Narendra Modi launched three­gold related schemes aimed at reducing physical gold demand and convert jewellery and other yellow metal assets with people into interest­bearing deposits.
  • Bihar Government has banned the sale of liquor in the state from 1st April 2016. Presently, liquor consumption is prohibited in the states of Gujarat (1958), Nagaland (1989), Manipur (1991) and Kerala (2014) and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.
  • The nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully test fired from warship Subhadra, off the Puri coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal.
  • Facebook will help BSNL in setting up 100 Wi-Fi sites in rural areas of western and southern India.

Persons in News:

  • Actor Saeed Jaffrey died at the age of 86. Saeed Jaffrey is the first Indian to have received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to drama.
  • Justice TS Thakur has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India after the retirement of HL Dattu on December 2.
  • Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland (60) has been elected as the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
  • Former world long jump champion Anju Bobby George was appointed as the Chairperson of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) by Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.
  • Harshavardhan Neotia has been elected as the President of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
  • Three Indian-origin CEOs, including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and MasterCard’s Ajay Banga, have been named among the top 50 global business leaders by Fortune magazine. The list has been topped by Nike’s Mike Park.

Award:

  • Marathi actor Prashant Damle selected for the Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
  • Forbes has released a list of most powerful people, 2015 in November, 2015. Vladimir Putin President of Russia hasb topped the list.

 Sports:

  • Indian shuttler P V Sindhu wins the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani by 21­9, 21­23, 21­14.
  • Great Britain wins the Davis Cup title for the first time in 79 years.
  • Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switerzerland) has won the 2015 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Women’s double category.
  • Shahid Afridi became the highest wicket­taker in T20 Internationals with 86 wickets in 86 matches.
  • Wasim Jaffer becomes the first Indian to scores 10000 runs in Ranji Trophy Cricket.
  • Aditi Chauhan has become the first Indian woman to win the Asian Woman Footballer of the Year in England by English Football Association (FA).
  • Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson retired of International Cricket.
  • Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated by the Chinese opponent Li Xuerui by 12­-21, 15­-21 in the final of China Open.
  • Nigeria wins the 2015 FIFA U­17 World Cup in Chile after defeating Mali by 2­-0.
  • India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis wins the Martina Navratilova Doubles Trophy after defeating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro in Singapore.
  • India’s junior men’s hockey team has won the Eight edition of Men’s Junior Asia hockey cup. In the finals played at Kuantan (Malaysia) India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 6-2 goals.
  • Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship.

Important Days in November:

  • 14th November: Children’s Day (Birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru)
  • 19th November: World Citizen Day
  • 21th November: World Television Day
  • 26th November: National Law Day