Current Affairs of November 2013

India's first and only business house to cross the turnover of $100 billion, which fell out of $ 100 billion club in Nov 2013, because of a fall in the value of rupee

Tata group

The editor, critic and author who has won the 2013 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for her debut novel The Wildings

Nilanjan Roy

The volcano located in the island Sumatra of Indonesia which erupted violently forcing about 18,000 people to flee from their homes is named

Mount Sinabung

The nuclear-capable Naval variant of surface-to-surface missile Prithvi which was test-fired on Nov 23 from a warship is named

Dhanush

The cyclone which hit Andhra Pradesh crossing the coast at Machilipatnam on 22 Nov 13 forcing evacuation of thousands of people was named

Helen

The Norwegian chess player who has become the new World Chess Champion by defeating 5 times champion Viswanathan Anand in 3 out of 10 games (7 being drawn games) in championship contest held at Hotel Hyatt Regency in Chennai

Magnus Carlsen

The first stealth combat drone recently tested by China is named

Sharp Sword

The new Chairman of 20th Law Commission who has taken over following the resignation of Justice D.K. Jain

Justice Ajit Prakash Shah

The Indian cricketer who has become the fastest to score 5000 runs in One Day Internationals by achieving it in 114 innings off 120 matches

Virat Kohli

The Barcelona footballer who has been awarded the European Golden Shoe for a record third time for having scored the most league goals in Europe last season

Lionel Messi

Rizvi-Springfield skipper who has scored 546 runs against St. Francis D'Assisi in the Harris Shield tournament match becoming the highest scoring Indian in any form of registered competitive cricket

Prithvi Shah

The country which has decided to recall its ambassador from Australia following reports that an Australian security agency attempted to listen to his telephonic conversations of its President

Indonesia

The word meaning a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website, which has been chosen as the word of the year 2013 by Oxford Dictionary

selfie

The Indian External Affairs Minister who represented India at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet 2013 in Sri Lanka

Salman Khurshid

The country which has been chosen unanimously at the end of CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka, to host the 2015 Commonwealth Summit

Malta

The Chairperson of India's first all-women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at Air India building in Nariman Point (Mumbai) is

(Note: The bank has started its operations with 7 branches at Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Guwahati, Chennai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. Headquarters: New Delhi)

Usha Ananthasubramanian

The renowned film actress who has been chosen to be awarded the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the International Film Festival of India 2013 in Panjim, Goa

Waheeda Rehman

The winning candidate in the presidential election of the Maldives who has been sworn in as the new President

Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom

The Jamaican sprinter who has been named the Female Athlete of the Year 2013 by the International Association of Athletics Federation

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

The Jamaican sprinter who has been named the Male Athlete of the Year 2013 by International Association of Athletics Federation for the fifth time

Usain Bolt

The venue of 18th International Children's Film Festival of India being held from 14 November 2013

Hyderabad

The place at which aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) was inducted into the Indian Navy on 16 November at a ceremony attended by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony

Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk

The Venezuelan contestant who was crowned Miss Universe 2013 at a beauty pageant held in Moscow

María Gabriela Isler

The Indian dog which has become the first canine to reach the Everest base camp (alongwith its owner Joanne Lefson of South Africa) is named

Rupee

The year in which India is to host the next hockey world cup as announced by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)

2018

The satellite launched by European Space Agency in 2009 which re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean was named

Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer

The woman shooter from India who has created history by becoming the first pistol exponent from India to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany.

Heena Sidhu

Independent India's first Eduction Minister and freedom fighter to commemorate whose 125th birth anniversary a national portal has been launched by the Government of India

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

The country which launched the Olympic torch of Winter Olympics 2014 into space where it was handed over between two spacewalkers of the International Space Station to record the first every torch relay in space

Russia

The typhoon which has lashed Philippines 07 November killing thousands of people and causing large scale devastation was named

Haiyan

Delhi Metro's Principal Advisor and former Managing Director who has been conferred with the prestigious 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' award by the government of Japan

Mr. E. Sreedharan

The venue of World Agriculture Forum 2013 Congress and Agri-Tech Fair being held from 04 to 07 Nov 2013

Hyderabad

The first ever Dual Cab 4500 HP Freight Diesel locomotive name Vijay flagged by the Minister of Railways Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has been manufactured by

Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi

The country which has sentenced 152 soldiers to death over a bloody border guard mutiny in 2009

Bangladesh

The auction house which auctioned Mahatma Gandhi's will and the famous charkha used by him in Yerawada Jail and later gifted to American missionary Rev. Floyd A Puffer

Mullock's Auction house

The advanced jet trainer built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with Transfer of Technology from M/s British Aerospace, UK, which has been inducted into the Indian Navy at a ceremony held at the Naval Air Station INS Dega in Visakhapatnam

Hawk 132

The noted Indian food writer and host of cooking shows (awarded Padma Shri in 2007) who passed away on 06 Nov

Ms Tarla Dalal

The 10-day India-China joint military drill on counterterrorism being conducted in Miaoergang town in China is code named

Hand-in-hand

The Carnatic vocalist who has been honoured with the first Bharat Seva Puraskar instituted by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha and Carnatica

Ms Sudha Ragunathan

The Indian golfer who has won the Dubai City Challenge golf tournament in Dubai

Shiv Kapur

The Indian cricketer who has become the third batsman in the world to score a double century in One-day Internationals by scoring 209 runs in 158 balls against Australia at Bangalore

Rohit Sharma

The district in Kerala which has been declared India's first landless-free district in India (It has become the first district in the country where every family owns a piece of land.)

Kannur