Current Affairs : November 2015 (One liner)

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Bidhya Devi Bhandari elected as first women President of Nepal.

- She received 327 votes against her opponent’s 214 in the Nepal’s Parliament.

Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Games Secretariat of 12th SAF Games in Shillong.

- The 12th SAF Games will be held in Guwahati and Shillong from 6 February to 16 February
2016.

India, France signed MoU to conserve and publicize written heritage.

- The MoU was signed by Sreya Guha, Joint Secretary (Library) in the Union Ministry of Culture
and Bruno Racine, President of the National Library of France.

Madhya Pradesh Government declared 33 percent quota for women in government jobs

- In addition, the state Cabinet also gave its nod to a proposal providing compensation to farmers
wherein they have to repay 90 thousand rupees on a loan of one lakh rupees.

IBM and TASK signed MoU to ensure cloud technology in Telangana colleges.

- The agreement aims at making the IBM cloud available to colleges in Telangana for faculty and
students to utilize it for practicals and project work.

Najib Shah appointed as Chairman of CBEC.

- Shah will serve the office till 11 March 2017, when he will attain the age of superannuation that
is 60 years.

Hockey India signed three years partnership with Sports Authority of India.

- As per the terms of agreements, SAI will promote hockey, which is amongst the world’s most
popular sports, as a tool for youth development and excellence in sports.

SC reinforced its earlier view of No Reservation in Super Specialty Courses in Medicine.

- Echoing its judgements of 1988, SC said that it is inclined to convey the same message to the
Union and state governments over reservation in institutions of higher education.

Amaravati-Next milestone in India's Urbanisation.

- Amaravati is not only the fifth planned capital city in Independent India, next to Bhubaneshwar,
Chandigarh, Gandhi Nagar and Naya Raipur, but it is also the country’s first green-field smart
city.

Nepal signed MoU with China to ease fuel crisis.

- The MoU was signed between Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and China National United Oil
Corporation (PetroChina) in Beijing.

-191 UNGA-members voted a resolution condemning US embargo on Cuba.
The United States and Israel were the only two countries that voted against the resolution. The
resolution stated that existence of such restrictions undermines multilateralism and credibility of
the UN.

-Narendra Nayak appointed as Managing Director of BlackBerry India.
Prior to this appointment, Nayak was working in venture-funded software company Linguanext
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