News Highlights : 20 November 2015

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1. UNHCR chosen for 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.


2. Nitish Kumar sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister.


3. 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report ; recommended 23.55% hike.

4. Egypt, Russia signed deal to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt.

5. University of East London awarded honorary doctorate to Ashok Amritraj.

6. TCS, Intel launched Centre of Excellence for IoT in Hyderabad.

7. WADA suspended Russian Anti-Doping Agency for non-compliance.

8. World Economic Forum released Global Gender Gap Report 2015.

9. Former Gujarat Governor and CEC RK Trivedi passes away.

10. Tata Steel commissions first phase of Kalinganagar plant in Odisha.

11. Kelkar panel suggests new ways to fund PPP projects.

12. Barack Obama names Indian-origin Swati Dandekar as ADB Director.

13. Indigenously developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of army crashes near Pokhran.

14. PM to visit Malaysia and Singapore to attend Asean and East Asia Summit.

15. New generation tax-filing mobile app for CAs.

16. Usain Bolt among nominees for IAAF’s World Athlete of the Year award.

17. South Australia signs historic deal with Rajasthan.

18. Dumping duty imposed on carbon black imports from China, Russia.

19. Eminent bureaucrat RK Trivedi no more.

20. Rear Admiral Sanjay Singh new Assistant Chief of Naval Staff.

21. India and Brazil decide to boost trade ties.

22. India and China to form ministerial mechanism to boost security cooperation.