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Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides are awarded

the Nobel Prize in Economics.

British author Howard Jacobson is awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for

his novel The Finkler Question.

15. Mario Vargas Llosa (74), celebrated Peruvian-Spanish author and one of the mo

renowned novelists of his generation, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

6. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their

work on Graphene.

7. American Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira

Suzuki won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on palladium-

catalysed reactions to synthesis Discodermide (a substance that is used as a cancer

drug).

8. The Nobel Prize for medicine, 2010, was awarded to British scientist, Robert

Edwards for crucial role in development of the In-vitro fertilization technique.

9. Jailed Chinese political activist Liu Xiaobo, 54, was awarded the Nobel Peace

Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in

China.

0. Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, Christopher A. Pissarides won the Nobel

Prize for Economics for work on DMP Model that explains co-existence of

unemployment and job vacancies (among other applications).

Tianhe-1A, developed by a Chinese institution is reported to be the worlds fastest

supercomputer.

India and Malaysia signed six pacts, including the accord for implementing the

Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) from July 1, 2011.

CRH bullet train claimed to be worlds fastest train at an average speed of 350 km

perhour is expected to link Shanghai and Hangzhou.6. France's Parliament granted final approval to a bill raising the retirement agefrom 60 to

62, a step that led to weeks of protests and strikes

The Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) between IndiaandSudan has came into effect with the exchange of instruments of ratification (IoR)
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between the two countries.

5.To improve maternal and child health, the Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairsapproved the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) a monetary schemeforpregnant women and lactating mothers on a pilot basis in 52 districts in this Five-

YearPlan.

United States has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history, worthnearly$60 billion, to Saudi Arabia.

5. Russia has offered to join the ambitious Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India(TAPI) gas pipeline, even as it opted out of a project to build a gas pipeline from Iranto

Pakistan and India.

Myanmar has started work on a railway line from its planned deep-sea port at

Kyaukphyuto south-western China's Yunnan province.

The severe cyclonic storm Jal,' which lay centred 500 km east southeast of Chennai,isexpected to bring heavy rain.

2. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service which allows a person to change histelecomoperator while retaining his number will be launched on November 25 from Haryana

telecom circle.

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has been appointed to head the Russian part of

theIndo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC) for trade, economic,scientifictechnicaland cultural cooperation.

4. Dilma Rousseff took oath as the President of Brazil

Vandana Shiva has been awarded Sydney Peace Prize 2010 for her work inthefield of social justice

Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA 2010. She became the first ever MuslimAmerican Miss USA. She is of Lebanese Muslim origin

Six months after his expulsion from the Samajwadi Party, Amar Singh onWednesday announced the launch of the Akhil Bharatiya Lok Manch.

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation entered into a technology collaborationwithWipro, a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, to offercobranded


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products and services on Hitachi technology.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan launched two water jet-propelledfast attack craft, INS Cankarso and INS Kondul, at Chennai on Tuesday

India and Canada on Monday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreementand Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described it as breaking newground in the history of our cooperation in this sector.

The first woman President in Central Asia was sworn in Kyrgyzstan onSaturday, three weeks after bloody ethnic violence in the countrys southernregions claimed hundreds of lives. Speaking at an inauguration ceremony inthe capital Bishkek Ms. Rosa Otunbayeva (59), promised that thousands ofpeople whose houses had been torched during last months riots will beprovided with new housing before winter comes.6. Taiwan and China signed a historic trade pact called Economic Cooperation

Framework Agreement. The deal will confer preferential tariffs, and in somecases zero tariffs, on 539 Taiwanese products from petrochemicals and autoparts to machinery representing 16 per cent of the islands total exportvalue to China.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development(ICIMOD)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID),Combat Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA)

N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu and Group Publications, has beenselected forthe 2009 Mohammed Abdul Rahman Sahib Award for the Best MediaPersonality.

Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran, is being shifted asChiefJustice of the Sikkim High Court, despite protests by the Sikkim BarAssociation.Chief Justice J.S. Khehar of the Uttarakhand High Court will replace JusticeDinakaran in the Karnataka High Court.National Council for Human Resource in Health (NCHRH),National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA)

Viraat Badhwar became the first Indian to win the Callaway Junior World golfChampionshipsIndian Railways have decided to set up a Heritage Rail Museum in Rewari,Haryana.This year's Lokmanya Tilak Award will be given to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila


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DikshitNational Advisory Council member N.C. Saxena isexamining how Vedanta Aluminium's bauxite mining proposal in theNiyamgiriHills of Orissa would impact the life, livelihood and culture of Dongria Kondhs,

Gururaj Deshpande, has been appointed Co-Chairman of the U.S. NationalAdvisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE).7. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has decided toexpand theEast Asia Summit (EAS) to include the United States and Russia.

impeachment proceedings against Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen with a

judicial committee set up by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari finding him guilty

of misappropriating "large sums" of funds and making false statement regarding it.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Seoul for the 5th G20 Summit onWednesday where he will meet his host, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak

Hours after Congress leadership picked up suave technocrat-politician Prithviraj

Chavan as the next chief minister of Maharashtra, ally NCP on Wednesday replaced

OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal with Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit as his deputy.

India has been elected to the board of a new UN agency to promote equalityfor women but Iran failed to win a seat due to strong opposition from the USand human rights groups.

: India is expected to ink a civil nuclear pact with South Korea soon,knowledgeable sources said here Thursday

Four students convicted of ragging to death their junior Aman Kachroo at a medical college

in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh early in 2009 were sentenced to four years of rigorous

imprisonment by a court in Dharamshala on Thursday afternoon.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Purinder Vaidya also fined the four -- Ajay Verma,

Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma -- Rs 10,000 each to be given to the

victim's family.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Vinod Rai

CAG chose a new circular-shaped logo, which has been designed by BTech student ShivamDua
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asian Games mascot "Xi Yangyang", the five goats, showed uprunning on the stage.

Enforcement Directorate(ED)

India and Myanmar agreed to enhance security cooperation to denysanctuary toinsurgent groups in each other's territory. The two countries also signed fiveagreements in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh andMyanmar'sSenior General Than Shwe

Konkani litterateur Ravindra Kelekar presented Jnanpith Award 2006

Indian origin Simon Lehna Singh has been selected by the InternationalMathematical Union for the Leelavathi Award in recognition of hisoutstanding contribution to public outreach in mathematics

Governor Balmiki Prasad Singh swore Justice P.D. Dinakaran as the ChiefJusticeof the Sikkim High Court

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

National Innovation Council headed by Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the PrimeMinister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations,

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (22) was crowned Miss Universe

President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to the formerTelecomSecretary, P.J. Thomas, as the 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner(CVC).

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame hit back on Monday at hisinternational critics,using his inauguration for a second term to insistthat Africa needed no lessons from the wider world. Mr. Kagameswept the August 9 election with 93 per cent of the vote.

Vineet Jain, Managing Director of the Times of India Group, has been electedChairman of the board of directors of the Press Trust of India (PTI) and M.P.

Veerendrakumar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Mathrubhumi Grouphas been elected the Vice-Chairman.

The Union government deferred the implementation of the Direct Taxes Code(DTC) by a year to April 1, 2012.

Elephant has been declared as the National Heritage Animal. This comes in thewake of last year's move to have the Gangetic dolphin declared as the nationalaquatic animal, as it symbolises the health of the country's rivers
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Irom Sharmila who has been observing a fast-unto-death since November 4,2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act wasgiven the Rabindranath Tagore Award-2010.

Indian journalist Pallav Bagla has been selected for the David Perlman Award for

Excellence in Science Journalism given annually by the American GeophysicalUnion (AGU). This is the first time an Indian has been selected for this honour.

Naoto Kan was reconfirmed as Japanese Prime Minister in a straight contest inthe ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) at its extraordinary convention in

Tokyo.

Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice FilmFestival.

The former Law Secretary, T.K. Viswanathan, has been appointed new Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha.

Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi welcomed Kuwait's decisionto scrap the sponsorship system for the recruitment of foreign labour.

5. India and Malaysia have finalised a Comprehensive Economic CooperationAgreement (CECA) as an ASEAN Plus pact.

President Pratibha Patil honoured veteran actor Shreeram Lagoo, danseuseYamini Krishnamurti and classical music exponent Kishori Amonkar amongother artists with the Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships and awards for the year2009.

A. N. Tiwari will take over as the new ChiefInformation Commissioner, succeeding Wajahat Habibullah.

Facebook, the leading social networking site, opened its India operations office inHyderabad.

President Pratibha Patil on Friday presented the prestigious Lal Bahadur ShastriNational Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academia andManagement to Aruna Roy, social and political activist, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

K. Vijay Kumar, 58, Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National PoliceAcademy, Hyderabad, will be the new Director-General of the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) headquartered in New Delhi.

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